Love Never Fails

Love never fails.  1 Corinthians 13:8

And here we come to the point.

Love never fails.
It never ends.
It never grows apart.

Love DECIDES to keep going.
Love DECIDES to honor commitment.
Love DECIDES to keep loving.

It's not easy.  It hurts.  But love does it anyway.  Again, not our love.  God's love.  We know that God's love never fails, and therefore - logically - if we have God's love in us, we can have a perfected sort of love that does not accept failure.

Love that does not accept failure.  That means marriages don't end.  Friendships aren't broken.  Children aren't abandoned.

Unfailing love is a decision.  Not a feeling.  You can't do it on your own, neither can I.  We can only decide to keep loving the unlovable - ourselves, each other - with him.  His love, his life, living in us.

It takes courage to love this way.  It takes courage to keep loving when we are hurting.  When we aren't accepted, or loved in return.  But it's what we are called to do.

We are called to love in a way that never fails.  Ever.