December 25, 2021

LOVE

1 Corinthians 13:1-8

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.

Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.

And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Personal Challenge

Life is full of twists and turns as well as ups and downs. It can truly be a rollercoaster. Throughout life we have the opportunity to make many choices, all of which end up with many different consequences. One choice that we can always make, no matter what the circumstances are with respect to what is going on around us, is to love others. Love is above all as Paul points out here. Love also means that we have to make some tough decisions. As we abide in faith, hope, and love, these decisions will be guided by our Lord and the consequences will be bearable. Glory be to God!