Love bears it all
Love bears all things… 1 Corinthians 13:7A ESV Ah yes, but how does it bear all things? For it is possible to bear without any real bearing, and this is what we are wont to do if left alone for it much easier. We will bear so long as may bear begrudgingly, or vindictively, or sanctimoniously. If we may complain much, accuse much, and esteem ourselves much at the same time well and good. But, that sort of bearing is no bearing at all, and is certainty not loving: indeed it leads to more restlessness and anxiety than love. True bears patiently, not faintingly. True love bears the burdens kindly, not spitefully. True love bears without boasting, humbly shouldering the load as though it were no great thing. Verse five completely undoes our unbearable attitude of bearing for it says plainly in love we relinquish our own way. God’s way is better, and if you require that someone show you this sort of love, bearing with all your burdens before you attempt it… De