FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD
JOHN 3:16
If I speak in human and angelic tongues* but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal… And if I have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing.
If I give away everything I own, and if I hand my body over so that I may boast but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things…
REFLECTION
How does my love measure up to 1 Cor. Chapter 13?
God is love. As we make an account at the end of our lives, God will ask how we have loved.
Made in the image and likeness of God, do I love as God loves?
Are there people I don’t love? Why? Do I wish them well or evil?