Love

February 14…otherwise known as Valentines Day. Most of the time people think about candy, flowers, love. (highly over rated) I think about it being another day that passes just like the next. The other day I had written, “what is unconditional love?” Maybe I’m just bitter because the only valentines I received were from 7 year-olds, not really what I expected for my day, but that is ok. I guess lately I keep hearing the same verse over and over. 1 Cor. 13.

4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

How true is this…where would we be without love, love from God, love from our parents, love from our friends…. love is such an important part of who we are. It is the greatest way to show others that we know and trust in God when we can share love with them and all around us. God first loved us!

Peace, Love, and Groovy,
Kristy