Love never fails

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. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. – 1 Corinthians 13.8-10

 One day prophecying will cease. One day toungues will end. One day special knowledge will vanish away.

I’m not here to settle the whens and whys and hows and wheretofors of this verse. I’ll leave that to the theologians and true Bible scholars.

The point that I want to address is the principle that love never fails. There is never a wrong time or wrong place or a wrong situation for a true application of God’s love. This selfless, humble, long lasting, hopeful, ever enduring love never fails.

It may not always ‘work’ in the way we think it might but it never fails because no matter what else happens or how people respond people will know that they have been loved. The application of love in every situation will impact us, it will impact others, and and it will impact the world around us. Nothing can destroy true love. It is the one thing that will not fail