Love Covers a Multitude of Sins

"Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, does not boast, is not proud, is not rude, is not easily angered; it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perserveres. Love never fails." (I Corinthians 13:4-8)

In most of our romantic comedies, or love stories (i.e. chick flicks) we're given the line, "Love conquers all!" But we aren't shown a true portrayal of what love is. In Paul's first epistlet to the Corinthian church he clearly tells us what God's version of "love" is.

It's not some touchy-feely, lovey-dovey, ooey-gooey romantic emotion that takes over your mind and fills your head with a euphoric sense of devotion to some "stray puppy-dog" of a man.

Love is a divine gift. Love is what died on the cross, knowing that it was dying for sick and sinning people still trapped in their death-throws of putrid carnal lusts. Love looked through all that rancouring decay and determined, "These children I will take to my heart and save; they are worth dying for."

Yes, love conquers all, it conquered the grave!

But it isn't the weak little lifeless thing we think it is. It's the love of Christ. It is a piece of God's power.

This power cancels the punishment of sin, paying off the debt for our transgressions, buying pardon where there was guilt; life where there was death.

This power is not only attainable by God for Himself to use toward us, but even we can tap into it's power for our own use - through the Holy Spirit: God dwelling in us once we are saved.

We have this amazing power that we can channel to our fellow-children and God promises that with love we can "cover a multitude of sins." This means that when someone sins against us, we can cover that sin with love.

Not our own "love" - God's love. We have God's love and we can cover sin with it!

What a better use of our abilities it would be to cover another's sin with love, rather than to point fingers and lay blame and guilt on that person. What a testimony of our heritage - Christianity - we have the power of portraying to the world!