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Backed by the right stuff

So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love. (I Corinthians 13:3) Bankrupt : Unable to satisfy any just claim made upon an individual; lacking in a particular thing or quality. For just a moment, let's focus on something we seldom spend enough time thinking about - love. We throw the word "love" around like it is a "thing" rather than a quality, or an outflow of a person's life. For anyone who has been around a while, it is not uncommon to have heard some familiar passages quoted from scripture about love. One of the best known: "And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love." I think we have this concept of love where we focus more on some emotional experience than anything else. Our exploration of love's true meaning begins with the idea of saying, believing, and doing - all devoid of meaning without the "backing" of love. I think we may go throu...