The Love of God

1^st Corinthians 13 gives us one of the clearest descriptions of what real love is going through a list of characteristics that shame our limited attempts at demonstrating love to others.

Love is…

Patient

Kind

Does not envy

Does not boast

Not proud

Does not dishonor others

Not self-seeking

Not easily angered

Keeps no record of wrong

Does not delight in evil

Rejoices with the truth

Protects

Trusts

Always hopes

Always perseveres

Love never fails.

In our hearts there is this God-given desire to love. In spite of the pain and heartbrokenness that we may have experienced, we still desire to love and love deeply. There’s a desire to open up your heart and let a person come in and be vulnerable with them. I’m learning slowly but surely what God’s love is like through my life experience and I’ve gotten a glimpse of what His love means.

His love always hopes. Despite the rejection and apathy that we show towards the sacrifice of Jesus. Despite the constant walking away from Him, He continues to hope that we will open the door of our hearts and let Him in. He hopes that His still small voice with shake the innermost parts of our souls and would embrace His love.

His love always perseveres. It is a love that will not give up because it desires the best for us. A love that carries on loving us when we are at our weakest. A love that gently, continuously and persistently calls our name. A love that will not be defeated!

The love of God, a love that NEVER fails!

I may fall short of the mark. I may be the cause of pain or suffering or be the receiver of it but His love will never fail me. It’s a love not dependent on what I do. It's a love that call me to fight and never give up on the one you love. I personally hope that the love that I give may be a love that aims to be at the standard of God’s love for me.

“To love at all is to be vulnerable”

-C.S. Lewis