If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient,
I will strive to be patient with the ones I love, with their failings, with their mistakes. I have those too.
Love is kind.
I will remember that it is often not what we say, but how we say it, that hurts others. I want to be remembered as someone who is kind.
It does not envy,
How can I say that I love others if I cannot be happy for them in their triumphs? Whether I share those triumphs or not.
It does not boast,
It is not proud.
I will remember that real love puts others first
It is not rude,
It is not self-seeking,
I will not look at love as a "What's in it for me?" relationship. Love is about giving.
It is not easily angered,
It keeps no record of wrongs.
I will choose to forgive as God does. He forgets the bad things I do when I am sorry. He never holds them against me again. I am forgiven, can I do less for those I love?
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
I will push down that smugness I may feel when someone "gets what they asked for". That isn't love.
It always protects,
always trusts,
always hopes,
always perseveres.... Love never fails.
It's a lot to live up to, I still fail sometimes. But I will copy this and put it where I can refer to it often. This Valentines day, I wish you all a love that never fails:>)
What a beautiful post Kathy....just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI wish you love that never fails too.
Love,
Penny
I hope I don't sound redundant but this post was .....dare I say..Lovely!
ReplyDeleteWe all fail at times....it is not easy. Thanks for the gentle reminder of love...
ReplyDeleteHave a happy Valentines Day with love.
Happy V Day :)
ReplyDeletePJ sent me over and I'm impressed! Love all your heart creations.
ReplyDeleteAnd your post today is great...
Guess I'll be follower 298 (O:
Well said Kathy!
ReplyDeleteMost excellent!
ReplyDeleteAs my 18 year old would say...
Becky K.
Ah Kathy..we all fail sometimes but we keep trying and we make amends and we make it better. Your posts rings of love and hope and promise...I wish you a very Happy Valentine's Day and send you much love. and I love, love, love the photo montage you shared!! xoxox
ReplyDeleteHi Kathy: This is a portion of scripture that we all need to work towards. I wish you love that never fails this Valentines Day! Blessings, Martha
ReplyDeleteThis is totally my Sabbath Peace post this week! Great minds, baby!!!
ReplyDeleteGod doesn't epect us to be perfect at love (thank goodness), but I do remind myself that when you love others all else seems to fall into place.
ReplyDeleteHi Kathleen!
ReplyDeleteAhhhh.....what a darling wedding picture. I loved seeing the look of love on your glowing face....precious!
Happy Valentine's Day!
Huggies,
Spencer
We used this verse in our wedding vows. I do believe love is a choice and you do have to work at it sometimes, but you will always reap the rewards of love returned.
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine's Day to you, Earl and the girls.
Dawn
Love seeing your beautiful pictures...
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine's Day,
annie
I have been thinking about this a lot today, and I'm glad you posted this, Kathy!
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine's Day to you...
XO,
Sheila :-)
Inspirational post! Thank you. Happy V day to you too. Mimi
ReplyDeleteHappy Valentine's Day, my friend. Thank you for this beautiful post today. ~Adrienne~
ReplyDeleteI am pretty sure you have the love that never fails, Kathy. Your sweet spirit tells me that!!
ReplyDeleteHope you had a nice Valentine's Day..we didn't do anything special but enjoyed the day!
Kathy I have never seen your wedding picture before, What a Beautiful Bride you were!
ReplyDeleteI always appreciate this scripture as a reminder of what true love looks like.
ReplyDeleteWonderful post, AMEN AND AMEN!
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