Christ is Coming #26

When we think of scriptures about love - even during Advent - we cannot help but turn to I Corinthians 13: 

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

In the first paragraph above we have all sorts of things that draw attention to oneself: noisy things, powerful things, even a name for doing good things like a great philanthropist. Yes, even being a generous person - even one who gives the ultimate sacrifice - is too small to define love adequately. Love is not loud. It is found in the everyday expressions of selflessness, a purity deep to the core, a patience and forgiveness that goes beyond comprehension. Love is seen in the way Jesus walked and talked and treated others. God is love; Jesus is God the Son; Jesus came to show us and tell us how to truly love.