October 13th

Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a

love
waits in the rain
for the straggling child
jumping in every puddle;
offers a hand
to the one
who gave a slap;
refuses to give
in to
grudges;
celebrates the frankness
of those who
discomfort it;
it gives birth to grace,
counts on the good in every person,
takes heart in every moment,
bests the worst it is offered;

love never gives up.

(c) Thom M. Shuman

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