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.
I Corinthians 13:4-8a
God is love....Love suffers long or is longsuffering, which means that it doesn't quit when things get difficult. God doesn't back down or give up. God is also kind. Kindness is partnered with patience, because it's more than just enduring and putting up with difficulty in relationship, but doing so with an attitude and desire that makes things better. Kindness is endeavoring to bless. God blesses us. He is kind to us.
Love doesn't envy, brag or inflate itself, which basically can be boiled down to God doesn't build Himself up by putting us down and doesn't compete with us. Jesus humbled Himself for us. He took our curse. He made His victory become our victory and our weakness became His, That's love. And God doesn't put our needs last or even second. He wants us to be the best us we can be, unique and precious in His sight and yet a reflection of glory. He was willing to die to make that happen. He won't force it on us, but He pleasures in what is right and best for us and nothing else will do. He will never fail us or fall short of bringing us into the fullness of His glory.
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