[Love] always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.-1 Corinthians 13:7
As many times as Corinthians 13 has been used for weddings, I'm still unsure that the text is speaking about the Eros Love. But this year the first Sunday in Lent is Valentine's Day. So let's assume, at least for the next couple of days, that God cares about our love lives.
As an extremely single clergy person, I am not ashamed to admit that I have more questions than answers when it comes to the intersection of God and Eros Love.
BUT during my Lenten fast from doubt, this text provides much hope. The idea that love "always hopes" is powerful. It is particularly hopeful for those of us who are seeking Eros Love and may be losing hope. The idea that love itself never loses hope is amazingly hopeful.
And a doubt-free way of seeking love must begin with remembering that there is a manifestation of this hope-filled love that already lives within you. So the goal after that becomes connecting with the same hope-filled love within someone else.
In this doubt-free hope-filled season, let us live into the hope that God is with us, even in our desires to love. And let us spend the remainder of Lent seeking love not out of fear or anxiety or doubt based on past experiences. But let us seek love with the knowledge that love ALWAYS HOPES
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