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1 Corinthians Chapter 13

If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.

11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

LOVE IS A GIFT FROM GOD 🌟

The one thing I’ve searched for most of my life, is love. As a child I spent so much time alone in my room. I remember crying and wanting a friend. My mom wouldn’t let me have a friend or go outside to play. I was about 10 years old. Searching into teenage years and finding a few friends.

I was 18 when my dad died. I took my mom to church at 19 to hear a young woman speak in the love chapter. What did that mean? She began to explain 1 Corinthians 13. Love is a gift from God to each of us. God promise us new beginnings and he would stay! Love never fails. I listen and I learned. Yet, I wasn’t ready to give God my heart. I wanted to learn more. A desire came to learn. I didn’t grow up in church and I was just trying to figure my life out.

Today is Valentine’s Day and that’s a day filled with love. Not everyone enjoys this day being single or married or their mate has passed on. Just a hard day. Let us go back to 1 Corinthians 13 and celebrate the love and connections God has given us. I know it’s not the same but let’s try to make this day the best.

Blessings, Sparkie