And the purpose for this post?
I Timothy 2:1-4 FIRST OF ALL, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions & thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings & all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful & quiet life, godly & dignified in every way. This is GOOD & PLEASING in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Philippians 2:13-15 For it is God who works in you to will & to act on behalf of His GOOD PURPOSE. Do all things without murmurings & disputings, so that you may be BLAMELESS & PURE, children of God without fault in a crooked & perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world.
Romans 13:8 Owe nothing to anyone—except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law.
I Corinthians 13:4-13 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. IT DOES NOT DISHONOR OTHERS, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, IT KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope & love. But the greatest of these is love.