A reflection on love

12 May 2021

Words Belinda Cassie

“Love is large and incredibly patient. Love is gentle and consistently kind to all.”

This verse comes from the Bible’s book of 1 Corinthians chapter 13 and verse 4.*

I like that. No, that’s an understatement, I love that. Because if there is something that I would love to aspire to it’s that – to be consistently kind to all. I think that’s a great spin on what love is. And I appreciate even more the fact that that’s who God is.

We also read in the book of 1 John chapter 4, verses 1-7, that God is love. It’s almost a bit repetitive. Because maybe we need it repeated.

So knowing that God is love, we can substitute into the above verse – God is large and incredibly patient. God is gentle and consistently kind to all. To all.

I might just say that again, for those of us who need to hear something a few times to really get it – God is gentle and consistently kind to all.

That, my friends, is what we call good news.

*The Passion Translation

Captain Belinda Cassie is a Salvation Army officer (pastor) in Tasmania.