Love Bears All Things — O, Beloved!

Love bears all things.

– 1 Corinthians 13:7 (ESV)

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The picture language behind the Greek word for “bears” (stegõ) may come as a surprise. The verb means “to cover”, “to pass over in silence” or “to keep confidential“. But in its noun form it means roof!

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So, love is like a roof: it prevents leaks; it copes with all weathers; it covers things up – including “a multitude of sins” (1 Peter 4 v 8).

– Love Came Down at Christmas (Sinclair B. Ferguson)

Dear heavenly Father,

Your love!? My! It…astounds me! Every single day, I learn something new and wonderful about your love for me. I’m thankful for these words from Sinclair. How they help me see more clearly, and understand more fully the deep, complete, pervasiveness of your love! And, how this helps teach me to know how to better love in return!

I love your love! I’m drunk with your love, O Lord. The more I understand your immensely beautiful love, the more I want to clothe myself in like-mindedness. I want to be just like you, Father.

And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

— 2 Corinthians 3:18

I feel like a little child watching you, learning, perceiving, wondering, peering over your shoulder as I look upon your doings in total amazement and awe. O, Lord! I simply cannot get enough of You! My heart gushes before You in adoration.

Please, Lord, teach me how to love like You. I am absolutely fascinated and obsessed with You.

I love you.

Amen.