the greatest love

"And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love"- 1 Corinthians 13:13

there are three key items we need to survive this cold cruel world; faith, hope, and love. when we think of these three words we think of those cards we see in the hallmark store...most of those cards refering to sympathy or the most common of all marriage.

in the book of Hebrews the eleventh chapter faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. so in laymen terms, faith is being concrete in what we say and believe even though many people may not follow that, a great example of this would be our morals and values. We stand in the belief that God exists and no one can really waiver this belief because there are somethings that no one can possibly understand.

hope is refered to in the Bible as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. it enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf. He has become the high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek. hope is something that keeps us in place faith is what bursts from this seed implanted in us. like i said before there are somethings that some people dont understand.

love is the greatest gift that can be shown and given to anyone. in the word Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.

now lets makes a connection: faith is something we are sure of hope is the anchor that sustains us and love helps us to be humble and lowly in spirit. these are the characteristics of Jesus and the message he put forth. this is the purpose of the relationship we should have with God. we should have faith in when he promises, hope for what God true answer is and love those who may not know what love is.

but the verse states that Love is the greatest of the three. and that is true...Jesus is and was the truest form of love he has continued to be that love even beyond the cross. death made us victorious but by blood alone.

so yes when we see those cards stating what faith,hope and love are...nothing can compare to the greatest of these three...Jesus.

BRIII