Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.
-1 Corinthians 13:4-10 (ESV)
I just love these verses. They aren't just "the verses" you learned in sunday school when you were 5. They're life changing. Imagine what the world would be like if we loved each other. If THIS is love, how can we say I love you and then turn around and do the exact opposite? My goal is to make love in my life look like this. I want to love people. And I want to love them the right way. If this is how it should be done, then that's where my heart is set on going. This would be the ultimate wooing process. This is how Jesus takes our hearts; He slowly woos us closer to Him with REAL love - this love in 1 Corinthians. That's where I wanna be. In His heart, resting and learning to love.
I was watching A Walk To Remember this morning. And oh how much this means when said in that movie...
ReplyDeleteGirl you got such a heart. What a fierce heart.
I mean really. Real love. REAL LOVE.
ReplyDeleteLove is not a beauty march. Love is not looking out for our own interests. Love is not skin deep. True love. Biblical love. Where do you find that?
Joshua loves the quote "If you're a bird, I'm a bird." Because that's real love to him. Where you love someone so much, you'll do what they do. If they fly, you'll fly. If they sit, you'll sit.
Love love love. Mmmmm love.
I love you. :)
Oh how I miss you, girl. I miss our talks about real stuff. Like love. Real love. I miss your words.
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