We Will See Face To Face
If I speak in the tongues of mortals and of angels, but do not
have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I
have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I
have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
If I give away all my possessions, and if I hand over my body so that I may
boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful
or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or
resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It
bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures
all things.
Love never ends. But as for prophesies, they will come to an
end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end.
For we know only in part, and we prophesy only in part; but when the complete
comes, the partial will come to an end. When I was a child, I spoke like a child,
I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; when I became an adult, I put
an end to childish ways. For now we see in a mirror, dimly,
but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will
know fully, even as I have been fully known. And now faith, hope, and love
abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Life can be frustrating, even exasperating. Yet, many times
impatience is just a reflection of our own self-centeredness in response to the
disappointments of life. Real love is pictured in the Bible as self-sacrifice,
and one demonstration of that love is patience toward others.
As we pray for help, God will provide us with patience that
reflects His love – even during frustrating circumstances. When tempted to lose
patience with others, remember God’s patience with you.
Our Daily Bread –