Eternal Love 

   “Thus there are three things that endure: faith, hope, and love, and the greatest of these is love.” (1 Cor 13: 13) 

   The greatest of these is love.  Did you ever wonder why?  Faith and hope are both necessary and enduring but, according to St. Paul, love is greater.

   Faith is the assurance of what we hope for.  Once this life is over and we are taken to God’s kingdom there will be no further need for such faith.  What we have hoped for will be reality.  Similarly, our hopes will be realized.  So all that will be left is love, which endures forever.

   People continue to search for peace, comfort and love in life but they can never find these things unless they have the love of God, because God is love.  So many seek love from the material things of this world, never turning to God and asking for His love.  Very simply, there can be no true love unless it originates with God.

   God created all He created out of love.  Nothing came to be except by His love, and nothing continues to exist except by His love.  If we do not have God, we can never know the fullness of love as it is intended to be.