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Day 27. Love is patient
Verse (King James Version)
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1 Corinthians 13:4 (KJV)
Read
In this verse, “charity” is the old word for love. It says love is patient and kind, that it does not envy or show off. That is quite different from the way love is usually shown in films. Real love is a set of habits.
Talk about it
Which of these is hardest to do: patient, kind, not jealous, not boastful?
Try this
Pick one. Practise it with a sibling or friend today.
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