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According to God, Love is... 1 Corinthians 13
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1 Corinthians 13
1 If I speak in human or angelic tongues,[a] 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,[b] 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.
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.
The world has distrorted God's view with all of the things of the here and now. The book of Song of Solomon describes a protective and wild anticipation of the shared love. We as humans have completely messed up love. Love is not the here and now but ever lasting. The book of John says that Love was in the beginning and was the beginning. His PURE love was poured out on the cross to show us how special, important we are to Him. With that picture, can you imagine the love He has for us? The one that would lay your child, your heart on a tree to be tortured and murder for someone else? As a parent, I can't imagine doing this. In Genesis 22, God gives a glimpse of what He is willing to do for us, but in this scripture passage He is reminding us that we are to LOVE HIM first, even above our children. It is intended for us to have that sacrificial love for our spouse or the one we seek to be our spouse. We should not give love away as though it were a boomarang. Don't throw your love out there to see if it comes back or received. KNOW His love and your will know true love and then you will be able to experience TRUE love here on earth as well. This practice of throwing your heart out there and begging someone to love you is a practice I understand all too well. It is a road pathed in pain and sorrow. One that is unsatisfying.
My roller coaster car is on the track to TRUE love in Him, but I am blessed to see it here on earth as well. To my first love, Thank you Dear Father God for Loving me so unselfishly and with a jealosy that would only draw me closer to you in that perfect love you designed for me. To the one that God handed my heart to, I promise you that I will Love HIM first so that I can truly love you.
I CHOOSE GOD'S DEFINITION... TODAY!
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