“Love . . . bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.” I Corinthians 13:4-7, NKJV
The apostle is looking for a ribbon to wrap around one of the sweetest paragraphs in Scripture. I envision the leathery-faced saint pausing in his dictation . . . Checking off his fingers, he reviews his list. “Let’s see, patience, kindness, envy, arrogance. We’ve mentioned rudeness, selfishness and anger, forgiveness, evil, and truth. Have I covered all things? Ah, that’s it—all things. Here, write this down. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
“Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.” -
-- Romans 12:9
“The very centre of the Christian belief is the approachability of God. H. L. Gee tells a war story. There was a little boy whose father was promoted to the exalted rank of Brigadier. When the little lad heard the news, he was silent for a moment, and then said, “Do you think he will mind if I still call him Daddy?” ~ William Barclay
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