Monday, October 13, 2014
Unfailing Love
1 John 2:7 & 10, "Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning... Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble." (NIV)
Evidence for our confidence in Christ, "And hereby we do know that we know Him..." (1 John 2:3a, KJV) is our love for one another.Yesterday we used this story of Clara Gantt’s sixty-three year wait for her husband, Sgt. First Class Joseph Gantt who went MIA in the Korean War in 1950. Last December his remains were finally brought home for a military funeral with full honors. The first word used to describe agape love in 1 Corinthians 13:4 is patient. This is the kind of unconditional unfailing love we receive from God through Christ and the love we’ll have for each other when we “live as Jesus did” (1 John 2:6). Read the full news report here.
This past Memorial Day Sgt. First Class Joseph Gantt was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valor by President Obama. Clara was on hand and honored by the President and crowd. Read more here.
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