Title: Love, foolish or wise?

beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

1 Corinthians 13:7 KJV

Devotion: Love is such a difficult word to define, why? because the way many people interpret love is different from one and others. God's definition of love is different from human definition of it.

 When we take the Bible passage above into consideration then we can say love is foolish or blind according to what people say on the street. How can you bear all things and believe all things. Humanly speaking it is not possible but when you think of agape love it is possible. 

  In relationships we have sensual love, which may be blind or foolish initially because what was called love was infatuation. It will vaporise especially after marriage, then love will become wise and stop to bear all things, endure all things and to Hope for all things. That is why a man will have concubine to bear children if the wife cannot conceive after few years of marriage(Genesis 16:4;15). Every word spoken by the spouse will be probed and will lead to argument. The man will start to keep late night out, travel without telling the wife. Some brave women will behave in similar manner. At that level the relationship is over.

 But as a child of God there cannot be end to Love, it must continue to grow; that is where the foolishness comes in. Love will continue to tolerate all things including barrenness, to Hope for a better future and bear all insults from family and friends.  This when people will say this person is foolish. If your friends and relatives have not said that to you then you are not doing the will of God because the wisdom of God is foolishness to the children of Satan. 

  We all know the story of Abraham, Hagar and Sarah( Genesis 16). Abraham succumbed to name calling and did self help using Hagar to bear Ishmael. But God loved Abraham and saved him but you may not be so lucky to escape judgement.

 Dearly beloved, have they started calling you names, shake your shoulders and lift it up because it means you are doing right before God and it is foolishness to man. Love your spouse erotically and agape(ly).

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