Unfailing love!

Love never fails. 1 Cor. 13:8-9

Love never fails, it means love never fades, it never ends.

This verse is perhaps the one statement that conflicts the most with so many of the beliefs and theories that are out there about love today.  Experts believe that when you love someone, that love can end someday and give way for a new love to start or not. They say, you can love today and tomorrow not love them anymore.  I find myself wondering how it is that the bible says love is eternal yet studies show that love fades.

Going back to what we learnt two days ago, that evidence and truth aren’t always the same.  I believe truth to be Gods word. That is my belief.  But I will leave the final say to you.

Bible says that everything in life will end, including prophecies, tongues, miracles and even humanity itself, but love will never end.

From John 1 we learn that in the beginning God created it all, and everything exists in him.  We find that God is love and he God is eternity itself.  Love never fails, as long as God is God and God is love, then love, (all kinds of love) will never end.  It means that when you love someone, that love has come to stay and it will not go anywhere because love itself exists in a being that will not cease.

Love (all kinds of love) has its roots in what we have talked about from day one till now.  But humanity has chosen to categorise love and package it attractively for our easy consumption and digestion.

The love we feel for friends

The love we feel for lovers

The love we feel for family but to mention a few.

I choose not to mention the love of God (Agape) because I believe that is the roots of all love.  If then the roots is missing, then what ever you feel, no matter how strong is not love and would most definitely fade.

The foundation of love is simple; it is kind, it is patient. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud and does not envy.  It is not rude, nor is it self seeking.  It is not easily angered, keeps no record of wrong, does not delight in evil, but rejoices in truth. It always protects and always trusts. It always hopes and perseveres.

If love exhibits all these traits, it will automatically be preserved because love has a long spirit and never gives up.

However because humanity has repackaged love and broken it down, let's also see if we can see how love can fade as the experts say and why families break up and hate instead of love.  The next few days we will look at love - its rebranding and packaging.


Written by Aba Dadson


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