1 Corinthians 13 - An Interpretive Paraphrase
Love translates heavenly cadence into the mother tongues of men. Love believes in destinies, love delights in mysteries, love conquers the highest peaks…
Love is extravagant with the poor, she burns for those who “lay it all down” for Jesus sake; great is loves reward.
Those empty, self-focused folks want it all right now; they think the world revolves around them. They hide behind grand words, wear big names and idolize achievement.
But Love has no identity crisis. She abides and obeys.
Love forgives without reservation. She doesn’t keep a tally.
Loves always speaks truth. She never accuses.
Love bears up under brutal injustice
She believes in the face of callous cynicism
She anticipates goodness beyond crushing disappointment
Love stands though thousands lay scattered around her like fresh cut grass
Love shines more eternal than the sun.
She kindles prophecies of vibrant hope. Her flaming, heavenly tongue penetrates fresh dimensions of expression. She gracefully shatters the limitations of knowledge. All things are perfected by Love and every creature remains unfinished without her.
Love takes all the gifts and guides them from their child-like form into the full stature of her own image…mature love crowns all things with fullness.
Love’s vision is not dim, no, it has full-blown site of God. God is Love.
These three things are eternal; the spiritual senses of faith, the living expectancy of hope, and the radiant confidence of love. But soaring heavenward above her sisters, is the mountain peak of love.
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