Love Overshadows All Things

 Reading in 1 Corinthians 13, "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels but have not Love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith so that I could remove mountains but have not Love, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned but have not Love, it profits me nothing. 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."

"But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. And now abide faith, hope, Love, these three; but the greatest of these is Love!".

In essence Paul is reminding us of Jesus characterizing true followers as people who are known by their love to one another as noted in John 13:34-35, "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this, all will know that you are My disciples; if you have Love for one another." You see it doesn't matter what we say or what we do, unless it is seasoned with Love none of it matters, because God is Love! And in Him there is no darkness, no evil works, no evil thoughts, no high-mindedness, no unforgiveness! As we walk in God's Love and Amazing Grace, we are kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ' sake has forgiven us!{Ephesians 4:32}

Because He forgave us, we must forgive also!(Matthew 18:21-22} and because He Loves unconditionally, we must reach out in Love as well. We must be no more like children, tossed to and fro, and put away all those childish attitudes and behaviors and walk in His Love! We are urged to put on the mind of Christ as we trust in the Lord with all our heart and lean not unto our own understanding; but in all our ways acknowledge Him so He will direct our path!(Proverbs 3:5,6).

I pray as you go through the day, you will feel His Love overshadow you, feel His peace envelope you, and feel the joy of His presence within you! Enjoy a wonderfully blessed day, dear friend, because God Loves You and so do I~~~