1 CORINTHIANS 13 – – A CHRISTMAS VERSION –
By an unknown author
… If I decorate my house perfectly with plaid bows, floral pillows and shiny knick knacks, but do not show love, I’m just another decorator.
If I slave away in the kitchen, baking dozens of cookies, preparing gourmet meals and arranging a beautifully adorned table at mealtime, but do not show love, I’m just another cook.
If I work at the soup kitchen, sing in the nursing home and give all
that I have to charity, but do not show love, it profits me nothing.
If I attend a myriad of parties and sing in the choir but do not focus on Christ, I have missed the point.
Love stops the cooking to hug the child.
Love sets aside the decorating to kiss the husband.
Love is kind, though harried and tired.
Love doesn’t envy another’s home that has coordinated china
and table linens.
Love doesn’t yell at the kids to get out of the way, but is thankful
they are there to be in the way.
Love doesn’t give only to those who are able to give in return but
rejoices in giving to those who can’t.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures
all things.
Love never fails.
Video games will break, pearl necklaces will be lost, golf clubs will rust, but giving the gift of love will endure.
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