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Bible in One Year: Psalms 10-12; Acts 19:1-20 READ: 1 Corinthians 13 Now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. —1 Corinthians 13:13 You can learn a lot about a person by what his or her T-shirt says. Recently, one of these messages caught my attention as I walked through a local shopping mall. A young woman wore a bright red T-shirt that said, “Love Is for Losers.” Maybe she thought it was clever or provocative, even funny. Or perhaps she had been hurt by a relationship and had pulled away from others rather than risk being hurt again. Either way, the T-shirt got me thinking. Is love for losers? The fact is, when we love, we take risks. People could very well hurt us, disappoint us, or even leave us. Love can lead to loss. The Bible, though, challenges us to higher ground in loving others. In 1 Corinthians 13, Paul describes what it means to live out God’s kind of love. The person who exercises godly love doesn’t do so for personal benefit or gain but rather “bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things” 13.7. Why? Because godly love endures beyond life’s hurts by pulling us relentlessly toward the never-diminishing care of the Father. So, perhaps love is for losers—for it is in times of loss and disappointment that we need God the most. Even in our struggles, we know that “love never fails.” — Bill Crowder Unfailing is God’s matchless love, So kind, so pure, so true; And those who draw upon that love Show love in what they do. —D. De Haan God’s love never fails. |
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7/14/2009 8:30 pm |
Hi Miriam, thanks for sharing this precious article with us. The girl that you pointed out perhaps she lost her boyfriend's love, that love comes and go. I'm sure she has plenty loved ones in her life that should make her think twice about repeating somebody's out thought. Love is everywhere we go. When someone hold the door open for us, when we get a smile, when we get a kiss and a hug, a gift....so many ways... we're invaded with love. Let enjoy to the fullest the love we have, because when some of that love goes, it won't comeback. love, maya
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