Saturday, February 14, 2009
13th Feburary 2009 Daily Bread.
Enduring Love
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1 Corinthians 13:1-8[Love] bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things.
—1 Corinthians 13:7
Like many people, I enjoy the Google homepage artwork that appears on special days and holidays. Last Valentine’s Day, the artistic logo showed an older couple—a man with a cane and a white-haired woman—walking hand in hand as the woman held two heart-shaped balloons. It was a beautiful reminder that while our culture glorifies youthful romance, true love has many stages during our journey through life.
Paul’s great essay in 1 Corinthians 13 celebrates the depth and tenacity of the love that carries us beyond self-interest and mere affection. “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” (vv.4-8).
Brian Wren has captured this reality in his moving hymn, “When Love Is Found”:
When love is tried as loved ones change,Hold still to hope though all seems strange,Till ease returns, and love grows wiseThrough listening ears and opened eyes.© Hope Publishing Co.When our commitments are tested in the fires of life, no matter what difficulties we face, may God grant us a greater experience of His enduring love and the grace to demonstrate it each day. —
David C. McCaslandGod’s love is a fabric that never fades,
no matter how often it is washed in the waters of adversity.
1 Corinthians 1-8
1 If I speak in the tongues of menand of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mystries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient, Love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perservers. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there will be tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
After all the talking just now.. and suddenly wanted to see what's on the daily bread on 13th feb... and saw this verses.... Well, I think it's what God wanted to tell me.. Only God knows me inside out.....
Lord, Im committing my r/s unto ur hand.....
Saturday, February 14, 2009
13th Feburary 2009 Daily Bread.
Enduring Love
ODB RADIO:
Listen Now DownloadREAD:
1 Corinthians 13:1-8[Love] bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things.
—1 Corinthians 13:7
Like many people, I enjoy the Google homepage artwork that appears on special days and holidays. Last Valentine’s Day, the artistic logo showed an older couple—a man with a cane and a white-haired woman—walking hand in hand as the woman held two heart-shaped balloons. It was a beautiful reminder that while our culture glorifies youthful romance, true love has many stages during our journey through life.
Paul’s great essay in 1 Corinthians 13 celebrates the depth and tenacity of the love that carries us beyond self-interest and mere affection. “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” (vv.4-8).
Brian Wren has captured this reality in his moving hymn, “When Love Is Found”:
When love is tried as loved ones change,Hold still to hope though all seems strange,Till ease returns, and love grows wiseThrough listening ears and opened eyes.© Hope Publishing Co.When our commitments are tested in the fires of life, no matter what difficulties we face, may God grant us a greater experience of His enduring love and the grace to demonstrate it each day. —
David C. McCaslandGod’s love is a fabric that never fades,
no matter how often it is washed in the waters of adversity.
1 Corinthians 1-8
1 If I speak in the tongues of menand of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mystries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient, Love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perservers. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there will be tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
After all the talking just now.. and suddenly wanted to see what's on the daily bread on 13th feb... and saw this verses.... Well, I think it's what God wanted to tell me.. Only God knows me inside out.....
Lord, Im committing my r/s unto ur hand.....
