Daily Devotion from The Vine

Received this this morning for my daily devotion! Heh, so cute. How apt.

Good morning Audrey!

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The Word for Today
With Bob Gass
Wednesday, 9th November 2005

Love And Loyalty

If you love... you will be loyal.
1 Corinthians 13:7 TLB

One night in bed a wife says to her husband of 50 years, "When we were young you used to hold my hand." Slowly, a little irritated, his hand reaches out. "And when we were young you used to snuggle up against me." A little more slowly his body creaks and turns, nestling against hers. "And when we were young you used to nibble on my ear." Abruptly the covers are thrown back and he lurches out of bed. "Where are you going?" she asks, a little hurt. "To get my teeth," he grumbles. To nibble on an ear when you're full of romance and bubbling hormones and the room is scented with perfume is one thing; to still be nibbling when that ear holds a hearing device, the room is scented with Bengay, and you have to get up to get your teeth - that's something else. That's love and loyalty.

When passion wanes, can love stay strong? Listen: "Love is very patient and kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful or proud, never haughty or selfish or rude. Love does not demand its own way. It is not irritable or touchy. It does not hold grudges and will hardly even notice when others do it wrong... If you love someone you will be loyal to him no matter what the cost. You will always believe in him, always expect the best of him, and always stand your ground in defending him...
There are three things that remain - faith, hope, and love - and the greatest of these is love" (1 Co 13:4-7 & 13 TLB).

May all of us learn to love and be loyal till we get to nibble our loved one's ears with such loyalty. ;)