“Love never ends.” 1 Corinthians 13:8 “Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.” 1 Corinthians 15:58 Facing the Day – … Continue reading
“Three thoughts shape Paul’s optimism: God’s unending, unstoppable, unconditional love; the fact that Good Friday gave way to Easter morn; and the reality that God’s Spirit was now unleashed in humans to empower them to become the ‘new creation.’ Because … Continue reading
“True love – and you can’t get around this one – is optimistic…. in that word ‘love’ there is an unshakable, undeterred optimism…. the optimism of love is not a mental trick, as if by thinking positively only good things … Continue reading
“It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” 1 Corinthians 13:7 “And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, … Continue reading
“Paul wrote one simple reminder: ‘love is not irritable.’ Today’s New International Version of the Bible translates the expression this way: love ‘is not easily angered.’ Anger is not consistent with love because love creates an environment of safety, goodness, … Continue reading
“Love orients us toward other people. We need to be oriented toward others because we are naturally selfish. We want things our way, we get upset when things don’t go our way … we need to change. A life where … Continue reading
Love “does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth.” 1 Corinthians 13:5-6 “Then [Jesus] said to them all, ‘If any want to become my … Continue reading
“Love is what happens between people in concrete reality — when humans show patience and kindness and avoid envy with one another — rather than simply the emotions that arise in one’s mind or in one’s heart. Madeleine L’Engle’s Wrinkle … Continue reading
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-5 “Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-5 Facing the … Continue reading
“You and I are not the only ones who have an assignment gift. Each of us has a spiritual assignment. Only when we see that our gift is part of the team called the body of Christ do we convert … Continue reading