by Pastor Simon
Love bears up under anything and everything that comes,
is ever ready to believe the best of every person,
its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances,
and it endures everything (without weakening).
Love never fails.
1 Corinthians 13:7-8a. Amplified Bible.
God's love is not based on an emotional response. God's love never fades out or comes to an end because His love is based on a decision to love. It says, "I will love this person and that person no matter how they are behaving right now." (Just think how everyone was behaving when Jesus declared, "For God so loved the world!")
When we yield to this love of God we will begin to see beyond the failings of others and instead believe to find beauty in others and possibilities for good in their future. They in turn will then begin to acknowledge that God's love is real and present in this modern, cold world of ours today.
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