Real Love

My dear children, let's not just talk about love; let's practice real love. 1 John 3:18 (MSG)

REAL LOVE . . .

• is patient and kind. 
• is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. 
• does not demand its own way. 
• is not irritable.
• keeps no record of being wronged. 
• does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 
• never gives up. 
• never loses faith.
• is always hopeful.
• endures through every circumstance. 
• does no wrong to a neighbor.
• edifies.
• is the perfect bond of unity. 
• covers a multitude of sins. 
• is the more excellent way.

Happy 33rd anniversary to the one who keeps teaching me, by example, what real love really is.