Three

The greatest of all these...Written to the church of Corinth, a roudy bunch. These people were a mess, but as we all are they were loved by God. They struggled with everything people today struggle with. They were a people on a journey with God that didn't always look pretty. As a church they put priority on things that weren't worthy of priority and they didn't concern themselves with things they should have concerned themselves with. Sounds familiar. Sounds like my life some days, sounds like my church some days; probably because it is a struggle that is pretty universal. So inspired Paul the preacher man, wrote a letter (actually two and maybe three which some scholars say existed but was lost). In hist first letter, at the end of a long conversation about church people using their gifts in church he brings them back to the most important stuff. Without this stuff everything else is kind of a wast of time, nothing more than noise. "Three remain," he says, "faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." Sweet ending to the convo if you ask me. It is in these three that all should be done, in these three that all should be said, in these three that all I have to offer anyone on anything becomes real. When what to do and how to do it become the confusing question of your day, I hope you hold onto these three. When confusion sweeps in and uneasiness knocks you off balance hold onto these three. When anger rises and fears grip, center on these three. Faith, Hope and Love