“Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Some of the most memorable statements are those that are conveyed in the least number of words. “Give me liberty, or give me death,” cried Patrick Henry. “What hath God wrought?” - the statement following the first wireless transmission of sound. “The Eagle has landed” marked a giant leap in space travel and technical success for the American exploration of space.
“Love never fails.” Paul’s clear, confident, purposeful, concise statement packs a life-changing (even world-changing) truth. When God’s love is expressed through the life of any one of His children, it ricochets off the canyon walls of our doubt and skepticism, reverberating that truth over and over again - “Love never fails.”
The kind of love that never fails is TRUE LOVE! It is the purest form of love ever known to mankind - discovered in God’s personal message of love - Jesus Christ. His life was (and is) the perfect example of love unlimited!
Allow yourself, as God’s child, to be an expression of His love to those around you. Where there is a lack of love, or one who seems unlovely or impossible to love, let God express His love through you. For surely - “love never fails.”
True love: The Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.