go for the gold

Thursday June 9th: And in any event, you should desire the most helpful gifts. First, however, let me tell you about something else that is better than any of them! Paul lists many gifts of the spirit and there are many misuses of them. After listing the things they all wanted to do because anyone who was anyone in this spiritual game did them, Paul tells them to listen up for what is really important. That is when he launches into the love song in chapter 13. Whatever you do, if you don’t do it out of love for another creature of God, you are just blowing smoke. All your gifts are little more than a good trick. Love wants to help the other, love wants to serve God, love wants to give of itself. Love is what happens when we let the spirit lead. Ego is what happens when we don’t. Forget the ego, go for the gold, go for love.