Long Time, No Post? I know.

Love never gives up.
love cares more for others than for self.
love doesn't want what it doesn't have.
love doesnt strut,
doesn't have a swelled head,
doesn't force itself on others,
isn't always, "me first,"
doesn't fly off the handle,
doesn't keep score of the sins of others,
doesn't rovel when others grovel,
takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
puts up with everything,
trusts God always,
always looks for the best,
never looks back, but keeps going to the end.

1 Corinth. 13

The sets of words in purple are my favorite sections of this passage.
They're like, huge to me.

Love never gives up.
How absolutely amazing would it be if we never gave up on things or people that we love? But we give up all the time. It's so hard to keep going when the going gets rough. Jesus sets this example for us though. He never gives up on us sinners. The Bible says that he died for us while we were still his enemies. ENEMIES! How many of you would die for your enemy, let alone give them the shirt off your back. Jesus died for us who crucified him. How just completely mind blowing is that?

Love puts up with everything.
Once again, it's like never giving up. God puts up with so much from us.. from hating our bodies, which, by the way, he designed just the way they are. To hating each other, murder, cheating, lying, stealing. How much do you put up with from your little brother, big sister, parents, friends? EVERYTHING.

Love never looks back, but keeps going until the end.
.. The end of time. Jesus says in his word that he will be with us until the end of time. How many people will you truly love the entire time that you're with them, until that time is up? Love every second of every minute of every hour. You won't keep score of their sins against you like another part of this passage says. The Bible says our sins are as far away as the East is from the West. Jesus never, ever looks back.



So, how will you love today.. and for the rest of your life? Will you take pleasure in the flowering of truth, not rovel when others grovel? It's my prayer that you will, and that God will give me the strength to do the same.