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Joanna's picture
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1 Corinthians 13:1-9

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophesy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.

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. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.

this verse challenges me and reminds me to come back to what it's all about...just thought i'd share it with you guys too!

Joanna :)

Mieke's picture

Wow

What a simple reminder... Thanks for that Joanna :) *love*

Kara Lockwood's picture

Joanna!! Thanks for the

Joanna!!

Thanks for the reminder!!! LOVE-such a simple word but such a hard thing to do!!! I am struggling at the moment to love some people who have wronged me:( One thing is for certain I can't truly love on my own strength. I need God's sweet grace!!! Hey girl alway seek to love even when it's hard!! There is no other way!!!

Kara

Joanna's picture

thanks kara! you are

thanks kara! you are right...and i love that God helps us with this. otherwise....well i don't even know what it would be like. very very bad. haha!

Teresa's picture

I was just reading the

I was just reading the middle of that verse as "God is..." instead of "love is..." (because God is love). Man, I am so far off of what God is and what his true love character is like. Thanks God for grace. Please transform me again.

T

Joanna's picture

that is a really cool way to

that is a really cool way to look at it! i like it.