1Corinthians 13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity (love), these three; but the greatest of these is charity (love).
The way I figur' it faith is humanity and reality existing in harmony. Maybe a better way of sayin’ it is, man just believin' an' livin' out what really is. When God says it that settles it, 'cause God really is and what He says really is. All we have to do is believe it and live it out, live what we believe. But in reality we are livin' out what we believe, even when we pretend to believe somethin’ else. I dare to say that if one wants to know what he believes, he oughtn't rehearse a way of thinkin’ but honestly assess how he is living, startin’ with his heart. How one thinks and lives, by and large, when he’s just bein' him, is what he believes. A fella's actions and attitudes are the mirror image of what he believes, what ever he says to the contrary.
The way I figur' it hope is just waitin' fer what ya know to be true to happen. It's waitin' fer faith to become sight, fer the intangible to become tangible, fer the non-felt to become felt. It's not like the hope of the world. That hope is grounded in doubt. Bible hope is grounded in full assurance. It's waitin' expectantly fer what we know is going to happen anyway.
Love, the way I figur' it, is just wantin' the best fer someone else even if it costs you. That's the way it was when the Father gave the Son to die in our behalf and in our place. If He wanted the best fer us He had to give the best to us, His best. And that's how He loved us, He gave us His Son. Could He do more?
I guess a feller could git all heady and tell all about these words in fancy language, but the way I figur' it talkin' down on the surface of the earth, right where we live, is the best way a doin' it. May not be pretty, but it gits the job done. An' it ain't no beauty contest nohow.
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