Wedding B-sides
This week's verse is 1 Corinthians 13:7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Some of you may recognize this verse from the standard set of verses that get read at every Christian wedding. Love is patient, love is kind, etc. We like how they sound, and when we think about romantic love in the theoretical sense, we are 100% on board with them. Someone in love is going to be patient, kind, selfless, etc. Of course. But these are not verses meant to describe an idealistic human marriage. They are Paul's observations on how we must be if we are to authentically live out our Christian lives. They answer a very basic question: In a hostile world that is full of manipulation and vice, how are we supposed to be? And that answer is based on how Jesus lived among us, because it is his example we are meant to follow. So we come to these inconvenient verses. Love bears all things. Love believes all things. Love hopes all things. Love endures al...