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1 Corinthians 13:4-8a
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.
The Bible says that God is love (1 John 4:8). When looking at this verse, if you replace the word ‘love’ with God’s name, you get the following:
God suffers long and is kind; God does not envy; God does not parade Himself, He is not puffed up; God does not behave rudely, does not seek His own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; God does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; God bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. God never fails.
Isn’t that amazing? How awesome is our God? It is because God is love, that we are able to see this verse in a new way. We don’t deserve God to be all of these things to us. We [mess] up, we make mistakes; yet God still wants to be our friend. God is patient with us (v4). He never gives up on us, although we may make the same mistake time and time again. God does not rejoice in our shortcomings. God bears with us, but not only that, He rejoices in our growth! Although we may fail, God will never fail us.
He will never give up on us!
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August 25th, 2004 at 9:04 pm
absoulutely amazing. i love this devo ;]
August 26th, 2004 at 11:37 pm
I love God!
August 28th, 2004 at 12:44 am
Wow, that is incredible! I never thought of it that way…