Thursday... Could that be what we have become? Could it?

The Apostle Paul wrote 1 Corinthians 13 and it was a very important Word from God then as it is now.

He starts by saying in verse 1 (AMP), "If I speak with the tongues of men and angels, but have not love [for others growing out of God's love for me], then I become only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal [just an annoying distraction]." And therein is our potential in our family, in our church, in our community and in our world.

Have we lost our influence because we are an annoying distraction? Could that be what we have become? Could it?

Later in verse 7 he emphasizes what love does. He says, "Love bears all things [looking for the best in each one], hopes all things [remaining steadfast during difficult times], endures all things [without weakening]."

Could it be that during the time of pandemic which God allowed us to go through so we could show that we look for the best in each one, that we remain steadfast during difficult times and that we endured without weakening but instead we became an annoying distraction?

Verse 7 in The Message says, "Puts up with anything, trusts God always, always looks for the best, never looks back, but keeps going to the end."

Oh God give us another chance.

Verse 12 says, "We don't yet see things clearly, We're squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won't be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We'll see it all then, see it as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!"

Verse 13, "But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly. And the best of the three is love."

Proverbs 20:6 says, "Lots of people claim to be loyal and loving, but where on earth can you find one?"

Faith and hope are so very important but the greatest is love. Oh God, may we have that love that grows out of your love for us. May we be those people who more than claim to be loving but really are.

1 Corinthians 13:13 (NLT), "Three things will last forever - faith, hope and love - and the greatest of these is love." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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