Love Never Fails

Love never fails.

We will never know the truth of that promise, we will never see its miraculous power if we do not love. Love without condition. Love without conniving. Love without arrogance. Love without pride. Love without judgment.

We, as a church, fail the world when we don't love to the point of succeeding to the victory that Christ has laid out before us. We, as humanity, fail each other when we withhold love from each other for our one of hundreds of supposedly justifiable reasons...wrong race, wrong religion, no religion, too rich, too poor, too broken, too pristine, too much talent, not enough talent, unworthy, feet are too big, nose is too small, yard is unkempt, too many animals, doesn't like dogs...and so our lists go one as to why we cannot love that one or those many.

What if we decided to take God's promise as a challenge? What if we challenged ourselves to love others until love did not fail? Why do we give up so easy? Love takes time. In fact, the scripture says that love is patient. It also says that love 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.

What does our love for others look like? If is does not look as described then maybe that is why our love is failing. Let's make a decision to no longer fail at love because, according to God, who is Love, love never fails. Let's lay our excuses to the side and love without failing.

(Scripture references taken from 1 Corinthians 13 and 1 John 4:8)