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today; there would be no further need for a great purification. Rather than
criticize the conditions, do what is positive to solve the problem, and we’ll
change the world.
Love is not weak; it does not bend or bow to what is evil. It is strong
enduring and undaunted even in the face of the greatest trial. Love does not
enable a person to remain in a poor spiritual position, instead love extends a
helping hand to another, but, if not accepted, one must leave them alone.
Therefore this is true: “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but
have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have
the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I
have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I
give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have
not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it
does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not
easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in
evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always
hopes, and always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are
prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled;
where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we
prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.”
(1
Corinthians 13:1-10)
These are the attributes and effects of love, as love is made
complete.
The Wide Road vs. Narrow Road
In foolishness many think the narrow road is less favorable. They judge
how small the numbers are on the narrow road as evidence of what is
wrong. Yet this is how the narrow road is proven genuine. Those who have
found the narrow road certainly knows they are chosen to walk in the truth,
and are but a minority. The wide road should be easily seen and recognized,
because greatest numbers travel the wide road. The narrow road is less
favorable, because all of life’s pleasures seem to be in short supply and the
restrictions many.
Only foolishness to thinks the narrow road is less favorable; even though
the numbers of people are few, they are very genuine. They have seen, and
you may be counted among the chosen when you, too, choose the road less
traveled.” To be counted among the transgressors is an awful
contemplation.