Have you ever read a verse a thousand times, and know it so well that you can quote it by heart without even trying? There are verses in the Bible that we memorized as kids and now as adults they are so familiar we almost sing through them. We love these verses so much but if we are not careful we start to think of them as verses we have somehow outgrown.

If you have been a Christian long you know how quickly these verses can become relevant once again during certain seasons of change in our lives. Of course they always were relevant but the new life circumstance helps them to stand out like hidden gems that once were so precious to us.

This pandemic that is currently spreading a dark cloud over our country is creating a season of change for most of us. It is also providentially creating a darker environment for some of these gems to shine brighter than ever before. One of these familiar gems is 1 Corinthians chapter 13:4-7. This chapter is also known as the love chapter.

Just a few weeks ago we might have lazily read through the all too familiar


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