Did You Know That Was There?

The words on this sign

are from

I Corinthians 13,

commonly called

"The Love Chapter."

You've probably seen it,

heard it,

and have it hanging in your bedroom.

So ya know

how you go

down the list

checkin' it twice...

(at least I do anyway)

sayin' "ouch"

OR

"oh yeah, I'VE got this in the bag!"

No?

Really?

You don't do that?

A few months ago

(it hangs where I can read it daily)

I was reading through this

checking

my heart throb

my heart pulse

my heart attitude

my heart adjustment

my heart longing...

...to be

all

I CAN BE...

To love God

and others

as I am shown

to love,

and there it was

plain as day

right at the bottom

I saw. ..

PERSEVERES!

"What?", I thought.

Since when did love start to persevere?

Silly me!

How did I miss that?

After all these years!

I mean I KNOW it does persevere,

but seriously, did you know that

 that word

PERSEVERES

was the last word in this series of verses?

I haven't been able to stop thinking

of all the ways to put that word

into practice.

Life just kind of helps us

 put it into practice too!

Doesn't it?

How do you think love...

PERSEVERES?

If I do not have love,

I am nothing.

So I will continue to

PERSEVERE.