"love...bears all things" ~I Corinth 13:7~

True love doesn't take off when the going gets tough. Love stays, works things out. Love stands beside a wayward child struggling through a difficult time, or a friend that's let you down. Love bears disappointment, bad habits, anger and even betrayal. At some point in my walk with Christ, I've put Him through every one of these things, yet He bears with me, fights to keep His relationship alive with me. He keeps going the extra mile to forgive me, and restore me, and encourage me regardless of what I put Him through.
Oh, Father, let me love my friends and family this deeply. Let me bear all things along side of them.