I can clearly remember one day I got back an exam. Not only did I have the dubious honour of having the lowest grade out of all the class, but I also had the singular distinction of getting the only zero. I was literally at the bottom of the heap. I was all alone, and could not quite figure out how I had got there.
I will not say that I was overly distraught, but I would say that I had fallen into a hole, and suddenly discovered that I did not have any climbing equipment on me. Not even rope.
But I wasn't left there.
"Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things"I got two calls that day, from friends. And the outpouring of love and encouragement gave me pause, and perspective.
This is why love is the greatest.
Unlike hope and faith, love does its work in the now, in our present darkness so to speak. It is the virtue that is with us always. Love is present, and love is powerful.
Hope is wanting things to get better. Faith is believing that someone can make things better. Love is making things better. That is why it is the most excellent way.
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