Love wins!

A friend of mine had Love wins, as his status on Facebook yesterday, and yes it does. There are few things in this world that endure everything that life throws at them, but love does. Love makes it through every time no matter how rough or how smooth things go love endures. Chapter 13 of 1 Corinthians has a lot to say about love. I feel that anyone who attempts to do any sort of ministry work without God's calling will eventually burn out completely. Why, because they don't have the love and passion that it takes. I am not on my high horse, or boasting in any way, I am simply stating the facts. So many awesome Christians jump into ministry and do ministry work because it feels so good, and usually it does feel good, and then they dwindle steadily down to nothing. They get wronged, they get burned in some way either by the church they serve or by the people in it and they decide to walk away from the ministry entirely. This is sad on both sides, it's sad for the church who has crushed the enthusiasm and hunger in a person's heart. It is even sadder for someone to step away from an opportunity to serve God in the highest capacity by being one of His ambassadors.
Love is important, and I can tell you there is not a person in my life that loves their ministry more than I do. I eat, drink, sleep and thrive on teh opportunities that it gives me. From Sunday School, worship and lunch with members on Sundays to guys' small group Sunday night, to youth on Wednesday nights and lunches at the school in between each part of it is passion filled. A co-worker of mine recently commented that I seem to switch gears when I am doing something ministry related there's a glow about me. This is true in so many ways, and it is because of the love and passion that God has given me through calling me into the ministry.
1 Corinthians 13:6-7 say, "Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."
When all is said and done, the one part of my ministry that I know will always make it is my love for God, people and ministry. Love always hopes and always perseveres there is no better way for me to put it than the way Paul just said it in 1 Corinthians.
Thanks for reading and have a great day!