1 corinthians 13.1-8a
①if i can speak spanish but don’t love the spanish-speakers, i might as well be speaking greek.
②if i can see where my friend’s poor decisions are leading and am sure how each story ends, but don’t love him/her, i’m zilch.
③and if i serve people, doing whatever they need, dying to my wants and needs, but never love them, it gets me no points.
④love waits; love acts kindly even when the loved loves someone else more, love doesn’t make comparisons; love doesn’t look out for #1 all the time,
⑤or try to get all the attention. love’s first thought is not for its own comfort, and when people hurt love, it doesn’t keep score or get mad.
⑥love is sad when people choose evil but ecstatic when truth wins.
⑦love carries on no matter what the load, believes people can change, hopes they will, and walks alongside even if they don’t.
⑧love never, never, never stops loving.
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Wow. Did you write those?
ReplyDeleteThat's such a beautiful description of those verses.
yes, i did write them.
ReplyDeletethanks. they represent a weakness with which i struggle and which i, perhaps, shall never vanquish.
This is very beautiful. I have always had a hard time with I Cor 13 because I know I can never live up to it...much as I want to. It also reminds me that love is so much work, and I am so lazy!
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