As my wife and siblings know, I am not always the most patient person out there. I have been reading 1 Corinthians 13 to remind myself how love is so important. "If I gave everything I had to the poor and even sacrificed my body.. but did not love others, I would have gained nothing." So the lesson for me is that love is the report card for my life. Not my knowledge of God, not my faith, not what I do. Just downright love. Do I care for others above myself, do I give to those who will not repay or will likely hurt me (again and again)? If I don't, well, the rest just does not matter. Ahhh... how God's word so quickly cuts through my layers. Lord, help me, I cannot do this without you.