Love is strong, love is fierce, love is a fire that burns through many waters.

A heart in love cannot be bought, instead it is sealed for life- for richer or for poorer.

I was thinking about the importance of faith this week. After watching “The Chosen” season 4, episode 4, we were impacted by the faith of the centurion (Gaius) in Jesus. How beautiful our simple faith is to God.

Then, I was reading I Corinthians 13 reminding me of that which is greater than faith…love. If I have enough faith to move a mountain but have not love, I am nothing.

I Corinthians 13: 2b (NIV)

…and if I have a faith

 that can move mountains,

 but do not have love, I am nothing.

Christ Jesus alone has the power to save us from the sin nature of our flesh but why would He pay the penalty owed for our sin? It had to be love!

The love of the Father flowed to the Son. Through the Holy Spirit we too have been empowered to love as He has loved.

It is not our faith that is the greatest but the gift of God through His Son, Christ Jesus that allows His love to be spread abroad in our hearts.- Teresa #brideofChrist #thechurch

Song of Solomon 8:6-7 (ESV)

⁶ Set me as a seal upon your heart,
    as a seal upon your arm,
for love is strong as death,
    jealousy^[m] is fierce as the grave.^[n]
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
    the very flame of the Lord.
⁷ Many waters cannot quench love,
    neither can floods drown it.
If a man offered for love
    all the wealth of his house,
    he^[o] would be utterly despised.