1 Corinthians 13 is the Mount Everest of love writings. And no words get to the heart of loving people like verses 4-8:
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails“.
Someone challenged me to replace the word love in this passage with my name. I did and became a liar. The passage set a standard I could not meet.
No one can meet it…except Jesus. So rather than let this scripture remind us of a love we cannot produce, let it remind us of a love we cannot resist—God’s love!
By Max Lucado
From: A Love Worth Giving
Used by permission
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