A Little Less Imperfect
Pixabay The first few verses of Paul's famous love chapter, I Corinthians 13, is often quoted at weddings. The bride and groom are starry-eyed, certain that every quality mentioned will be their daily experience for the next fifty or sixty years. Then the toothpaste tube ends up with the cap off and love is suddenly " easily angered " (vs. 4). The kids come and sleepless nights become a dreary, weary habit rather than a rarity and being " patient " is tough (vs. 4). You get the picture. And outside of marriage there is even less excuse to not envy, to not boast, to not be proud, to not be self-seeking, to keep no record of wrongs. It's hard to protect when you feel unprotected, difficult to trust when trust has been betrayed. Hope is easily lost, and sometimes we just feel far too tired to persevere. Love does seem to fail, even though Paul insists it shouldn't. But though verse 12 has always been a part of 1 Corinthians 13, I never connect...