It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
1 Corinthians 13:5
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, 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.
1 Corinthians 10:24
Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor
Matthew 5:22
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment.
I was at a very special wedding this weekend and these verses from 1 Cor 13 were read. I guess we expect these verses to be read at the wedding as a guide to the new couple to base their new life together on. How much do I allow these to permeate my everyday thoughts and actions? I can’t remember the last time I have spent time thinking about these verses but what a wake up call. Love is patient – This is not something that comes natural to me. It is so easy to get wigged out over plans not happing as “I” want. Love is not proud – I happen to know that parents of the bride and groom were both proud and thankful. They might have even been a bit boastful – “that is my daughter – that is my son”. Their being proud and boastful was encapsulated with thankful hearts to God for their children and occasion. Love is not easily angered, love is not self-seeking, love keeps no record of wrongs – oh my this is something we can all put on our mirrors and read daily. How much nicer would our immediate world be if we were the ones living this out. True love never fails.