Love Is...

Thanks, Bud, for this excellent reminder that real love is not what Hollywood says it is (and what society has been conditioned to believe). The RST is based on 1 Corinthians 13, and it's also interesting to read it another way--keeping in mind that scripture says that God is love and that people around us will know that we are His followers because of our loving attitude...so (going back to my geek roots again :-), if A=B and B=C, then A=C, so wherever you read "Love" you can insert "God" (and by extension we should be able to insert "I" or "Me" if in fact we are who we claim to be--hmmmm...and yikes sometimes, huh? :-).

Love is...

Slow to suspect...quick to trust.
Slow to condemn...quick to justify.
Slow to offend...quick to defend.
Slow to expose...quick to shield.
Slow to reprimand...quick to forbear.
Slow to belittle...quick to appreciate.
Slow to demand...quick to give.
Slow to provoke...quick to soothe.
Slow to hinder... quick to help.
Slow to resent...quick to forgive.


Love is patient, and kind.
Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude.
It does not demand its own way.
It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.
It does not rejoice about injustice,
but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.
Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful,
and endures through every circumstance.
Three things will last forever--faith, hope, and love--
and the greatest of these is love.

You've been prayed for today...