"If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,but do not have love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
1 Corinthians 13
God is love.
I want to be affected, and affect others, by the principles of these verses.
I want to wear His light and easy yoke.
Sometimes it's easier said than actually accomplished.
A bit of selfishness here, a hard heart there, a spark of offense sneaks in, and a runaway train wreck can happen- if love is not applied generously.
So I make every effort to apply love thick enough to fill and cover any bomb cratered roads, and reconstruct blown out buildings that I machined-gunned into rubble with bullets of anger. Today Lord, make me a lover, and a legacy builder.
LORD, Cover our shortcomings, failures, and inadequacies,
as You use your love to help us cover and build up others.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
1 Corinthians 13
God is love.
I want to be affected, and affect others, by the principles of these verses.
I want to wear His light and easy yoke.
Sometimes it's easier said than actually accomplished.
A bit of selfishness here, a hard heart there, a spark of offense sneaks in, and a runaway train wreck can happen- if love is not applied generously.
So I make every effort to apply love thick enough to fill and cover any bomb cratered roads, and reconstruct blown out buildings that I machined-gunned into rubble with bullets of anger. Today Lord, make me a lover, and a legacy builder.
LORD, Cover our shortcomings, failures, and inadequacies,
as You use your love to help us cover and build up others.
Good encouraging word!
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