Love Covers

The Sheltering Tree (Serengeti)

by Lorne Resnick

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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.
It is never glad about injustice,
but rejoices whenever truth wins out.

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.

All the special gifts of God will someday come to an end,
but love goes on forever.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 Living Bible

Above all, keep loving one another earnestly,
since love covers a multitude of sins.

1 Peter 4:8 ESV


Children, let us not love with word,
nor with tongue,
but in deed and in truth.

- 1 John 3:18

Love covers.

This thought was on my mind as I woke up this morning.

Love is gentle.

Love accepts... understands... trusts.

Love is more than just a warm, fuzzy feeling.

It is a decision, a tough choice that one makes.


When Ernie passed away two years ago, what I missed the most about him was the way his love protected me.

It was a very strong kind of love, a love willing to understand and accept me as I was.

It was also a love that was humble; it gave him a willingness to change that he might become a better person.

In my husband's love, I saw God's love in action.

In him, I saw love as a sheltering tree.

May this kind of love be passed on to the generations after me.



Today, my grandson Elijah turns 4 months old. I give this prayer blessing of love to him:

Elijah,

As you turn four months old today, I speak to your heart that you are old enough to understand and appreciate the meaning of the love that is being showered on you by your father and mother, and everyone else who takes part in bringing you up.

I speak to your young heart, that you will receive this love in a positive way - not in a grasping and demanding sort of way... but in a way that it feeds and nourishes your spirit.

Perfect love casts out fear.

I declare and I decree today that the love that is poured into you will always be a reflection of the love of your heavenly Father for you. And it will fill your heart with security, and drive out any fear in your heart that will hinder you from being who God created you to be.

You will grow up secure in the love of your God, as you daily, moment by moment, receive a huge deposit of love from the people who surround your life.

I believe that you will grow up patient, and kind... because you have been nurtured in love.

You will know the kind of love that is not easily offended.

You will grow up with your eyes focused on seeing the good in others... you will not become a fault finder, because "love is not irritable, or touchy, does not hold grudges, and hardly notices when others do it wrong."

Yes, I declare that your heart will be softened and tenderized by love - not the self-centered kind of love that smothers and stifles, but true love that frees and releases you to your full potential.

Father, I pray for my grandson, thank you that the love that is deposited into his spirit will enable him to have a love that covers, a love that overlooks another person's wrongs.

Not that he will gloss over sins, nor will he condone them... but he will not allow sin to fester in his own life, and neither will he be an agent of sin in another. Rather, I pray that love will flow out of his heart in such a way that it waters, and gives life to others.

These are my words of blessing for you, my dear Full of Hope and Mighty Warrior, as you turn four months old today.

Love always,

Nana