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Hey people. Hope you're doing well. Today we are talking about the phrase, love is not resentful. And this phrase is unique in the New Testament, but the concept is not new at all. This is the ESV that we've been reading, that I've been using for this series, love is not resentful. But this is really a translation of a longer phrase that the ESV actually has a footnote and it says, does not count up wrongdoing. Or the NIV and the NLT translate it, does not keep a record of wrongs. You know, sometimes when people do something to us, we think that if I just write it down in my mental notebook and I'm keeping track of it, it's not really doing anything to me. But, but I love the way that the ESV puts it in their footnote, actually that it says, does not count up wrongdoing, because I think that this is actually more helpful. And some people, you know, kind of talk about life as a journey. And on this journey, you've got a backpack. In this pack, you have all the things that you have been given providentially through your family. All of the kinds of things that you might bring with you from childhood or whatever that might be. And you carry that around with you. Whether that's good things, bad things, they all mean different things in your pack. And we think that if I'm just, I'm going to make a list of all the things that this person has done to me. Usually it's not a conscious choice, but often it's, we are keeping a tally. And it's like taking their wrong. We think maybe we're just jotting it down in our mental notebook, but really it's, it's like a rock. It's heavy. And it weighs us down and we decided that we want to carry that. Well, the next time that they do something, we're putting another rock in our pack. And that, you know, I think about Hebrews 12 that says, throw off every hindrance and run the race set before you. This is going to slow us down friends. When we keep a record of wrongs, when we count up wrongdoing, we are weighing down our pack and it is not going to help us run towards Jesus. In fact, it's going to become an obstacle towards transformation. Maybe there's certain people in your life that you are counting up wrongdoing. Is it a coworker who does all these things that are driving you crazy that are annoying? Is it a spouse? It gets, it can become really hard to live with someone who you're just keeping a tally. Who's that person in your life? Maybe it's a parent who did you wrong and maybe did some things that were terrible that were not good, but we're still walking around with that. And God says, we have an option and love does not keep a record. This is Christ's invitation to love. Take this to prayer friends. Peace.