The summation

There is a lot to reflect on after the analysis of 1 Corinthians 13, but as I was reading through it and writing on it I established that the true connection/ bond through each love quality/principle in love is God. Many a time people depict God to be this Creator who has nothing better to do with His time but look out for our flaws and mistakes, which could be nothing further from who God truly is. For me, during my period of drifting and being stubborn, He was that Father who looked out for me, repeatedly and patiently waiting on the day that I would look back at Him and notice that He was right there next to me through all the anguish I was eagerly walking into. He was the Father who would be grieved at my choices, would be torn at the unforeseen peril I was entering into. He however would love me enough to endure the blatant rebellion and be patient enough not to say: “fine you choose to reject Me, off to hell you go...” and simply conclude my story with that. I would be a hypocrite if I were to say that God was not faithful to me in my sin, because He was faithful, every second of each provoking moment He was faithful to me. This is why I know His love is perfect, because I can honestly say that I would never be able to stomach watching someone I loved get up each morning to go and share the love that they were meant to give to me and simply watch, wait patiently for them to realize that they were not just hurting me but themselves. That is what God did for me, for several years He sat back and watched me choose one error after the next over Him, His love and His healing, while I would validate my actions and blame Him for the misery I was in. Now that is true love right there, because after all my choices, He still called me Redeemed and still chose to use my life; that is just how much a human soul means to the Father. We are not just His image, but a part of Him and our daily rejection grieves Him, yet He is waiting for us to just call on Him and He will cleanse us completely and hold no grudges against us, that is the kind of Father He is.  Yonder all that, He is eager to just transfer out that identical love He possess in Him into our hearts so that we will be able to love others just as purely, wholly and selflessly as He does, because He wants us to shine out to the world who He is.  That is a God that is patient, kind, forgiving, protective, faithful and willing to die for us. Now if we could just lean on Him each day through every challenging stage in our relations with those around us, image just how many lives would be forever changed and how our own lives would be in turn changed.

This is my personal summation of what God has placed in my heart concerning His enduring and unwavering love for the world spoken through 1 Corinthian 13.