I Corinthians 13 & Anthony

Yesterday, after a couple of Anthony’s friends went home, I had a little discussion with him about his attitude.

“Anthony, I didn’t like what happened today.“

“What???? What was I doing???”

“You did not want to share your video game. You didn’t want to change games to what your friend wanted to play. You were talking back to me & not minding me. Shall I go on??”

“Yes, go on.”

So I told him some other things that needed changing.

“But, Mom…….”

Then I sat him beside me & got out the Bible, turning to I Corinthians, 13^th chapter, & read:

⁴ Love is patient and kind. I stopped.

Surprising me, he said, “Go on…”

Love is not jealous, it does not brag, and it is not proud. ⁵ Love is not rude, {pause, with a look toward Anthony, then continued} is not selfish, and does not get upset with others. Love does not count up wrongs that have been done. ⁶ Love is not happy with evil…

“That means you don’t say, “Ha! Ha! Ha! You got hurt.”

“OK, Mom, I get it.”

⁷ Love always trusts, always hopes, and always remains strong.
⁸ Love never ends….. ¹¹ When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I stopped those childish ways.

“You’re becoming a man. And I want you to be the best as you grow up.”

“OK, Mom, I get it.”

¹³ So these three things continue forever: faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love.

“I love you, Mom!”

Yes, he did get it.

“I love you, too, Son!”