June 13


Enduring Love


The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

James 3:17 (NKJV)


Love does not demand its own way ... Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful and endures through every circumstance ... Love lasts forever....

I Corinthians 13:5,7,8 (NLT)


Put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity....

Colossians 3:14 (NAS)


I see a tremendous similarity between wisdom and love, don't you? Think about it. Both look beyond self and both ring of purity, and all of us need more of both!

I think it’s one of the things I treasure in my wife Kris—her love rings with wisdom. Seriously, she is the most truthful person I think I've ever met, and heaven knows, I need truth, lots of truth. As I have come to know Kris over the years, I have decided I want to be more like her—like an open book—but I know I have to be myself too. I guess that’s why God put us together—to strengthen weak areas or reveal blind spots and make the whole of us greater than the sum of our individual parts. Yes, I believe that’s why God brought us together—me the careful diplomat and her, the very honest, and sometimes gently in your face, zealot of truth. Isn’t God wonderful to allow such opposites to attract each other, love one another and endure? I think so.

All relationships have their ups and downs, their hard and testing moments. I know ours has. The secret to endurance is seeking wisdom, forgiving freely and putting a whole lot of trust in this: What God has brought together, He will nurture and grow. And now, I pray for God's wisdom that we may grow in grace, in truth, and in love.


Father, let it be! Amen.