Take love for example:
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
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.
Love is patient: it doesn't force something that isn't there. It develops at the correct moment to be the driving force it waits, even in tough times or difficult situations that are outside of our scope of understanding.
Love is kind. It doesn't mean it won't poke fun, but it'll never cross the line.
Love is patient: it doesn't force something that isn't there. It develops at the correct moment to be the driving force it waits, even in tough times or difficult situations that are outside of our scope of understanding.
Love is kind. It doesn't mean it won't poke fun, but it'll never cross the line.
Love isn't envious of what others have (in a relationship, business, etc...).
Love doesn't boast (before others or in a room all by itself) of what it has, and it definitely doesn't boast of what it may one day have
Love is not proud. There's nothing wrong with being proud of something, but love isn't proud to the point of thinking that what it has could never be lost.
Love isn't rude. It's honest without the rudeness. It gets the point across without being rude.
Love isn't self-seeking. It's not about what you can get out of it. Love isn't about you.
Love isn't easily angered. That doesn't mean that it never gets angry. it just takes a lot to anger it. It maybe disappointed, but there is a thick line between disappointment and anger.
Love doesn't keep a record of wrongs. So even if love does get angry (and according to the previous statement, it took a lot), it forgives and forgets. It doesn't keep a tally of how many times it has been wronged.
Love doesn't delight in evil but rejoices in the truth. Evil brings pain to love while truth rejuvenates it.
Love always protects. it always has protection on the forefront of it's mind, in every circumstance, like an instinct. It makes sure to provide and meet needs.
Love always trusts. Trust is the foundation of love. If there is no trust, there is no relationship (in any form).
Love perseveres. No matter the circumstance, situation, huge life change, or small life change, love out lasts them all.
Love never fails, period.
No where does it say love is easy, or comfortable, and it surely doesn't say that love is easy to find (especially in this day and age).
Regardless, love never fails.
Some may say, "Oh you must have really loved them/that."
But I would say no. that isn't the case at all because love (to me) isn't past tense. Love is present: love is the decision that I will make in the future. I love now, and I will love.
But I would say no. that isn't the case at all because love (to me) isn't past tense. Love is present: love is the decision that I will make in the future. I love now, and I will love.
"United in Love"
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