1 Corinthians 13:7
It [LOVE] bears all things, believes all things,
Hopes all things, endures all things.
The entire passage of 1Corinthians 13: 4-7 speaks very powerfully and directly to what LOVE is, to know and feel love. Yet, at times in my life I have found that the first few verses are so very difficult to live by. I feel that I am a loving person although I am not always patient with those that I love the deepest and yes, sometimes I do insist on doing things my way and I do hold on to resentments a bit too long.
All of the things I have spoken of here are not what the bible says LOVE is about. Then I think, “but wait ….”, it is in verse 7 that tells me that because of the LOVE that God is and has for me and how he wants me to LOVE others as he has loved me, that I know this LOVE that “bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things and endures all things” will continue to stir inside me. This LOVE will guide me to be that loving person that I want to be and that God desires for all of us to be. Even in my humanness of being envious, boastful, rude and arrogant, God will never give up on me. He will always be there to LOVE me and if I am listening, I will feel a little nudge and know to correct my wrong and try to move in a new direction. Because LOVE endures, LOVE wins!
Ann Lynch
Visit http://www.allsaintspalatine.org for a full calendar and join us Wednesday for midweek Lenten worship. Dinner is served at 6:15 and worship (Holden Evening Prayer) is at 7 pm. This week's faith-sharer is college freshman Brittany Mata.
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