Scripture
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. 1 Corinthians 13

Observation

Naomi Watts plays the role of Ann Darrow, the beautiful actress who subdues the enraged Kong. The image of a great beast conquered by a delicate woman has lived with us since the movie first aired in 1933. Can something that fragile overcome something that strong?

Yes because there is a spiritual principle behind this. God is love and if he wants to conquer the world he does it through loving us. The cross of Jesus has been a show stopper for the human race. Love is like that.

There are King Kong moments for all of us, when instincts overcome reason and we can be on the edge of words that cannot be unspoken or rashness that will leave indelible skid marks on the lives of others.

How can God change the savage beast of our emotions in those angry moments? By putting love in our way. When love jaywalks across our angry path everything comes to a halt.

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

Application
Those are words to soothe the savage beast in us that comes out of hibernation. It would do us good to read those words before plotting an irate phone call. Those words could keep us from drawing lines in the sand. We need those words like the cold water bath next to the blacksmith’s forge where glowing metal is quickly cooled.

Prayer
Father, take over my life with your love. Amen.