Love is a beautiful thing...no, not that kind of romantic love but God's kind of love. It's interesting to read this again because I have read this and recited it and read it and heard it and recited it so much that I thought I knew everything about it and I'm sure that you all have thought thesame way...but let's take a second look.
Paul starts it off by saying this; "Love is patient and Love is kind." (emphasis on the punctuation) He then goes on to describe the things love will, will not and does not do...but they all fall back on the first principle of Love - LOVE IS PATIENT AND LOVE IS KIND. Let's look at it in this way - Love is patient AND kind. In other words, Love is a combination of patience and kindness. Shocking???? ok...let me take you back.
In the beginning of the chapter, Paul gives different scenarios by listing random acts of kindness (Prophesying, operating with the gift of knowledge, giving to the poor) and explains that without love, these things would be useless...but then in verse 4 he defines what love is...LOVE IS patient AND kind....it's a combination of both patience for human shortcomings, patience for slow processes, patience when things aren't going your way, patience when things are looking bleak, patience that allows one to hope even in the darkest situations AND kindness...kindness to pursue justice for the other party and kindness that allows you to keep giving even when you don't seem to be receiving your desires.
.....Here's the beautiful part....that's GOD's kind of love...the kind of love He desires that we ALL have for one another. Imagine then, how much sweeter Romantic love on God's terms could be....
I'm IN Love....ARE YOU IN LOVE????
Remember, LOVE is patient AND Love is Kind.....
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