GOD'S BIG THREE: FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE

A SERIES: "GOD'S BIG THREE: FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE"
LOVE: WHAT "NEVER FAILS".

"LOVE"... THE MOST POWERFUL WORD IN HUMAN LANGUAGE.

ALSO THE MOST CONFUSING AND MISUNDERSTOOD.

WE HAVE ONE WORD TO TRY TO DESCRIBE SO MANY THINGS:
"I LOVE... MY WIFE, PIZZA, TO HAVE MY BACK RUBBED,.."

BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO LOVE AND BE LOVED?

PEOPLE LOOK TO LOVE FOR THE GREATEST HAPPINESS IN LIFE...

BUT OFTEN FIND LIFE'S GREATEST HURT INSTEAD.

OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THE MOTHER IN OUR DRAMA.
SHE'S A VICTIM AND SO IS HER DAUGHTER.
PERHAPS YOU FEEL VICTIMIZED BY LOVE THIS MORNING.
THIS DRAMA IS ONLY TOO REAL FOR YOU?
YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

SO WHERE IS THIS LOVE THAT NEVER FAILS?
WHAT IS IT?

POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS OF LOVE:

1. LOVE IS A FEELING, AN EMOTION, THAT COMES AND GOES

A KNOT IN MY STOMACH, A QUIVER IN MY LIVER, AN OCEAN OF EMOTION

"OOO, I'M IN LOVE."

LOVE PRODUCES FEELINGS, BUT LOVE IS MORE THAN A FEELING.

IMMATURITY CAN BE DEFINED AS BEING CONSTANTLY UNDER THE CONTROL
OF YOUR FEELINGS WITHOUT REGARD FOR THE FEELINGS OF OTHERS.

AND IF YOUR FEELINGS RULE, WHAT ABOUT YOUR CONVICTIONS?
WHAT ABOUT WHAT'S RIGHT?
WHAT IF I DON'T FEEL LIKE DOING WHAT'S RIGHT? WHAT THEN?

2. LOVE IS UNCONTROLLABLE

"I CAN'T HELP MYSELF, I'M IN LOVE."

OR "I CAN'T HELP IT, I JUST DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE."

A GUY WAS TALKING TO HIS RELUCTANT GIRLFRIEND,

HE - "WHY WON'T YOU MARRY ME? IS THERE SOMEBODY ELSE?
SHE -"THERE'S GOT'A BE."


CONSIDER A FEW THI ...

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