Love Never Faileth and cross at Central Union Church
Good Morning, God. This morning I get to read the scripture at Central Union Church — at 9:00. Kit will read it at the 11:30 service. This chapter really says it all about how we are to live.
First it puts accomplishments — even spiritual accomplishments — in perspective. WITHOUT LOVE THEY ARE NOTHING! Or to put it as Paul did . . . even with great faith, great prophetic powers and great giving — without LOVE, I GAIN NOTHING.
Next it gives us a list of descriptors — telling us what Love LOOKS LIKE. Patient. Kind. And then what Love is NOT: Not envious. Not boastful. Not arrogant. Not rude. Not insisting on its own way. Not rejoicing in wrongdoing.
Then it is back to what love does: Bears all things. (Note: love does not make you a doormat or a victim.) Believes all things; hopes all things, endures all things.
Next Paul moves on into the FUTURE and assures us — LOVE NEVER ENDS. Knowledge will end, as will prophecy and tongues. He points to our limitations. Now we know, only in part. Then, as if with a drum roll, he proclaims: BUT THEN WE WILL SEE FACE TO FACE. THEN WE WILL KNOW FULLY, EVEN AS I HAVE BEEN FULLY KNOWN.
Finally, going back to the present he affirms: NOW FAITH, HOPE, and LOVE abide, these three, and the GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE.
Thank You, God, for YOUR LOVE THAT NEVER ENDS. Help us to desire it to receive it — and to live in it — and to let it live through us.
Story teller,
A Moment with God 
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