Love And Loyalty
If you love... you will be loyal.
1 Corinthians 13:7 TLB
One night in bed a wife says to her husband of 50 years, "When we
were young you used to hold my hand." Slowly, a little irritated, his
hand reaches out. "And when we were young you used to snuggle up
against me." A little more slowly his body creaks and turns, nestling
against hers. "And when we were young you used to nibble on my ear."
Abruptly the covers are thrown back and he lurches out of bed. "Where
are you going?" she asks, a little hurt. "To get my teeth," he grumbles.
To nibble on an ear when you're full of romance and bubbling hormones
and the room is scented with perfume is one thing; to still be nibbling
when that ear holds a hearing device, the room is scented with Bengay,
and you have to get up to get your teeth - that's something else. That's
love and loyalty.
When passion wanes, can love stay strong? Listen: "Love is very patient and
kind, never jealous or envious, never boastful or proud, never haughty or
selfish or rude. Love does not demand its own way. It is not irritable or
touchy. It does not hold grudges and will hardly even notice when others do it
wrong... If you love someone you will be loyal to him no matter what the
cost. You will always believe in him, always expect the best of him, and
always stand your ground in defending him... There are three things that
remain - faith, hope, and love - and the greatest of these is love" (1 Co 13:4-7 &
13 TLB).
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