Love Believes All Things
My wife, Betty, knows not to believe everything I say. It’s not because I lie or try to deceive her, but I do tend to joke and play with words.…
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Love Endures All
We are all different. I know that is a shock to some of you. Each one is us is a unique, never to be repeated, complex stew of many factors.…
Love Rejoices in the Truth
We live in a world where truth is often a squishy matter of opinion more than a structure built on a solid foundation. Most of this is simply semantics. Truth…
Love Doesn’t Rejoice When Others are Bad
Our next “Love is” statement from 1 Corinthians 13 is a bit of a puzzler. Paul wrote, (Love) “does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;” (1 Corinthians…
Love Doesn’t Keep Score
By Ben Hoerr When my wife Tina and I were first engaged, we continued the tradition of playing games that we’d enjoyed in our respective families while growing up. On…
Love Isn’t Looking for a Fight
This summer Betty and I took a vacation the Great Smoky National Park in eastern Tennessee. Part of the charm if this area is its wildlife, especially the bears. The…
Love Doesn’t Demand its Own Way
From the earliest days of childhood, we’ve expressed our demands. Whether through wordless cries or foot-stomping tantrums. We want what we want right now. Which makes our next “Love is”…
Love Doesn’t Force Itself on Others
Love is a force, no doubt about that. It has a powerful capacity to impact lives in deep and meaningful and unexpected ways. But love isn’t the only power leveraged…
Love is Not Jealous
Love is not Jealous. It was Shakespeare who turned jealousy into a “Green-eyed monster,” although he may have borrowed an idea from the ancient Greeks. Whatever its color, jealousy is…
Love Cares for Others
Love is kind (1 Corinthians 13:4). I got it. Easy. Can do! Or is it… We typically see kindness as our considerate moments. Those times when we hold the door…
Love is Patient
Love is patient. Talk about going for the gut on the first punch. Paul doesn’t start his “Love is” list with something easy like kindness or gentleness but with patience.…
Love Is…The Introduction
If you’ve attended a Christian wedding, there’s a good chance that you have heard all or parts of 1st Corinthians 13. These few and powerful verses on love are sandwiched…