Remember when you love someone and are patient with them, you love them as God loves you.
Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. If you’re shopping for an anniversary card this month, you’ll find lots that describe your spouse as the most virtuous, fault free, brave and lovely person on the planet. But the truth is, it’s often hard to love your spouse. It’s why 1 Corinthians 13 begins with these words, “Love is patient.” For the Christian celebrating decades of marriage—or getting married—it’s not about passion and romance; it’s about patience in sickness and in health, in wealth and want, for better or for worse. What’s more, in any relationship, God asks you to show patience with other’s shortcomings, to show mercy to them and not require them to meet your righteous expectations, to bear their weakness and not be itching to correct it. Because remember when you love someone with patience, you love them as God loves you. And that’s your love lesson for the day.
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