"If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have 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 does not dishonor others, 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 perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
-Paul, in his letter to the Corinthian church in chapter 13.
Hi. My name's Mindi, and I'm here to tell you that this little thing above, it's from the Bible. Here's the deal. Love really is all you need.
Not the mushy feeling that makes your heart go a-pitter-patter, but real, true, deep love. Agápe love. The love you have for every single person around you, regardless of whether it's the bonfire of éros passionate love or the philia love, make sure it goes deep enough to show and reflect and BE the life-giving love of Christ, the agápe love that saved the world. That's what you need, to give and receive that love, just as freely as Christ gave it to you by giving His life.
I love you; all of you.
5 loves:
Thank you soooooo much for this post! Much much MUCH better than any cheesy, mushy, fleeting love!
Perfect! And i completely agree with you!
I'm going to Agape love it up! ;)
great advice-i feel uplifted now ;-)
oh and i liked the image :P
lol
Thank you!
The image is from a photo project I did this summer. It was a lot of fun.
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