Love Endures All

"Love endures all."

It's an easy verse to miss or just skip over, especially if you've read it one too many times.

But can you ever really read it enough?

A writer friend, Don, shared his wife's painting, and the thought he shares, that "God is often more on my side than I am," hits home.

I am my favorite worst enemy.

I second-guess everything. I question my heart at all hours. I contemplate deleting my blog more often than not because who am I to share anything related to our holy God?

But then he sends me a friend's blog post, and I see a picture of the peace God has for me even when I do my best to try to deny it.

Or the words of another friend of my favorite verses about Jesus's yoke being "easy," and how this word really means "custom-fitted" or "bespoke."

She shares: "Isn't it just like the Lord to make a custom yoke for us, especially as we face life's uncertainties, the battles of our age waging against light and darkness?"

The world is on fire, and yet? He's made a place of comfort and peace for those who love Him.

And lastly, He had me read a book by my friend, Mary Grace. This is the second work of fiction of hers that I've read that has aligned with the exact season I'm facing.

The protagonists are coming to terms with having to step away from their church to start healing the wounds they've neglected for so long.

Mary Grace does a beautiful job of revealing these hurts and sheds light on how easy it is to neglect ourselves in the name of "ministry," when our first ministry should be the very people God has given us to love and share Jesus with, within the four walls of our homes. 

Love endures all. He endures me. And this means I can endure everything that comes my way, loving His people in the process.