What does REAL LOVE look like?
We're all familiar with the 1 Corinthians version... Well, maybe we're not. Here, just in case:
1 Corinthians 13:1-8 "If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing. Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails;..."
(By the way, we should really chew on this... DAILY)
But the point at which we tend to let go of love is in the face of adversity. Jesus did not tell us us love our friends and hate our enemies. He didn't tell us to love people until they piss us off or until there is blame found among them or until they've sinned.
The very core of love, much like all of Jesus' principles, is the opposite!
Remember the "love your enemies" speech?
Well the only way... THE ONLY WAY to see real, long lasting change around us is this...
It is to mirror God's covenant love with us. It doesn't end. It is not "fair weathered," but is steadfast and real.
Our Father has not given up on any one of us. But He stays true to His word. He is the same yesterday, today and forever.
Do not relent in showing the Father's love. Do not give in to the flesh. Do not give up on love.
...because LOVE NEVER FAILS.
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