Week of November 20
Unfailing Love by Max Lucado
"Love," Paul says, "never fails" (
1 Cor. 13:8 NIV).
The verb Paul uses for the word
fail is used elsewhere to describe the demise of a flower as it falls to the ground, withers, and decays. It carries the meaning of death and abolishment. God's love, says the apostle, will never fall to the ground, wither, and decay. By its nature, it is permanent. It is never abolished.
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