Real Love Is...

1 Corinthians 13:2-4

The Message (MSG)

2If I speak God's Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, "Jump," and it jumps, but I don't love, I'm nothing. 3-7If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don't love, I've gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm bankrupt without love.

Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn't want what it doesn't have.
Love doesn't strut,
Doesn't have a swelled head,
Doesn't force itself on others,
Isn't always "me first,"
Doesn't fly off the handle,
Doesn't keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn't revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.

What if we hung this on our bedroom walls and replaced Love with our names? Would the statement still be true?

Name never gives up.
Name cares more for others than for self.
Name doesn't want what Name doesn't have.
Name doesn't strut,
Name Doesn't have a swelled head,
Name Doesn't force itself on others,
Name Isn't always "me first,"
Name Doesn't fly off the handle,
Name Doesn't keep score of the sins of others,
Name Doesn't revel when others grovel,
Name Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Name Puts up with anything,
Name Trusts God always,
Name Always looks for the best,
Name Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.