1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (NLV)
Love does not give up. Love is kind. Love is not jealous. Love does not put itself up as being important. Love has no pride. Love does not do the wrong thing. Love never thinks of itself. Love does not get angry. Love does not remember the suffering that comes from being hurt by someone. Love is not happy with sin. Love is happy with the truth. Love takes everything that comes without giving up. Love believes all things. Love hopes for all things. Love keeps on in all things. Love never comes to an end.
I don't know if I really believe that a love like the one described in this verse is a worthwhile love. I believe that love is conditional and that love has boundaries. A love that is unconditional, never gives up, and blind to failure and pain is a blind, foolish love.
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This, my dear, is why it is important to choose a translation wisely: Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant; does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered,does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. [NASB]
This does not describe a love that is blind to failure and pain - it describes a love that continues in spite of the hurts it has endured, a love that grows and strengthens from those heartaches. According to God - this is what love truly is. It is the love He bestows on us - the love that rescued us from eternal despair - so it IS a worthwile love. I pray you will be able to experience that.
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