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1 Corinthians 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.

FAITH ~ HOPE ~ LOVE

Love comes in different ways. If you truly love, you can forgive. Forgiving doesn’t mean letting a person back into your life. It means you forgive but protect your heart. Let me say that again, forgiving doesn’t mean you letting a person back into your life. My daughter taught me that years ago. I value her wisdom and telling me that. I wanted to share that and hope you protect your heart.

I value verse 11, when I was a child, I thought as a child. I would like to add, when I became a Christian, I started learning and beginning a different thought process. I didn’t know scriptures to live by because I was young in the Lord. As I grew older spiritually, I saw things different. I also prayed that I could understand how I was to act, because I really didn’t know what a Christian was. I saw that it took time to learn and to grow in knowledge. I never stop learning about things of life. I love this chapter in the Bible. Now read the chapter again.

FAITH ~ HOPE ~ LOVE

Blessings, Sparkie