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| March 10, 2002 |
| "Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away." 1Corinthians 13:8 Love never fails. That is why at the end of this Chapter it says, "Now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. Love abides. It is permanent. Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote a poem entitled "I Loved Once," in which she writes, "They never loved who dreamed that they loved once," and "Love looks beyond the bounds of time and space, Love takes eternity in its embrace." Love is deathless. It is never defeated, never disillusioned, never disappointed. Love that is passion burns like a straw stack and is soon consumed. That is the reason there are so many divorces today. There is not the kind of love that holds two hearts together. Love is eternal. It is permanent. God's love is that kind of love. How wonderful that is! God's love looks beyond the bounds of time and space and takes eternity in its embrace! Christ never ceased loving! We can't do anything to keep Him from loving! No sinner has committed an unpardonable sin. You may be in the state of unbelief, but He still loves you. You cannot keep Him from loving you. You can raise an umbrella to keep yourself out of the rain, but you can't stop the rain from falling! Neither can you stop God from loving you ~ regardless of the umbrella of sin or disbelief that you are under. Prophecies shall be fulfilled. They will then become history, no longer prophecy. Tongues are going to stop. Knowledge will vanish away. But the love of God will always remain eternal. May God bless you today as you walk in His love. Love in Christ Jesus, Sandy |
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