— 1 Corinthians 13:6-7 —
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
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Happy Valentine's Day!
All four of the underlined verbs above about love are present tense, indicating these attitudes and actions are to be one's lifestyle, and thus represent a continuous choice. This is impossible in our sinful fallen nature — only "Him-possible" by the strengthening and enablement of the Holy Spirit who indwells every believer.
- Love bears all things: love covers and supports and therefore protects. Love does not expose or exploit, gloat or condemn. It bears; it does not bare.
- Love believes all things: love sees the best in others and gives the other person the benefit of the doubt, choosing to believe the best about them, not the worst!
- Love hopes all things: love delights to entertain the best expectations and patiently waits for positive results.
- Love endures all things: perseverance and tenacity in all circumstances; in times of pain, suffering, depravation, hatred, loss and loneliness. Love bears up under these things with LOVE and HOPE.
This kind of LOVE "never fails" — 2 Corinthians 13:8.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
__________________________
Happy Valentine's Day!
All four of the underlined verbs above about love are present tense, indicating these attitudes and actions are to be one's lifestyle, and thus represent a continuous choice. This is impossible in our sinful fallen nature — only "Him-possible" by the strengthening and enablement of the Holy Spirit who indwells every believer.
- Love bears all things: love covers and supports and therefore protects. Love does not expose or exploit, gloat or condemn. It bears; it does not bare.
- Love believes all things: love sees the best in others and gives the other person the benefit of the doubt, choosing to believe the best about them, not the worst!
- Love hopes all things: love delights to entertain the best expectations and patiently waits for positive results.
- Love endures all things: perseverance and tenacity in all circumstances; in times of pain, suffering, depravation, hatred, loss and loneliness. Love bears up under these things with LOVE and HOPE.
This kind of LOVE "never fails" — 2 Corinthians 13:8.
