What Kind Of Love Never Fails?

In "The Love Chapter" of the Bible (I Corinthians 13) there is one short phrase worth our attention. That phrase is simply-love never fails. But how is this possible? We are familiar with love and it seems to fail all the time. Well, our culture of love may not be exactly what the Bible meant when it spoke of love. There is a love from God that is stronger, wider, and deeper than our human love can muster. God's kind of love never fails. If we receive that love, we then become carriers of a much greater love than we ourselves could ever manufacture.

In this chapter of the Bible, several attributes of this God kind of love is given . These seem simple, but are sometimes difficult to obtain in our everyday relationships. Take for instance when the Bible says that love is patient. Just look at our culture today. Everything is rushed. Everything has to be microwavable, instant, and fast. At times we bring this same attitude and expectation into our relationships. We expect those around us to be instantly sensitive and clued into our every need. We expect instant gratification in our relationships on most levels without realizing that life isn't that simple all the time. People make mistakes and even need a learning curve with new territory in life-right? Love is not self-seeking. Wow. Our whole culture is trending toward the pursuit of self. Self actualization, self-help, self-gain, self, self, self. There may be nothing wrong with these exclusively, but when self grows to become the center of our motivation for living, we have moved out of love (which is selfless) and have become selfish. Now we pick up at love is not easily angered-it keeps no record of wrongs. What? Is this even possible? Again, maybe not from within ourselves. This love is not of our making. It does not come naturally. The passage goes further and says that love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres. And finally, love never fails. What a standard. What an incredible standard for true love. But, this kind of love is obtainable only through God. This kind of love is the only kind of love that lasts a lifetime and forever.