Love suffereth long (is patient) and still remains kind. It is important to be able to be a loving being when all that is around you appears less so. Remaining kind when others around you is a challenging task but a wise one as well. In this statement about love we get a directive that to be truly loving we must be consistent lovers. Not eros lovers but agape lovers.
Even though your surroundings are changing you must remain the same. One day you may be in a situation where those around you are exhibiting love but another may find you in a hostile situation. A certainty is that the principal of love should prevail in either. It would appear that an important aspect of love, specifically with respect to this line of scripture, is that your vision of what can be must transcend your situation. There is that which tries to thwart the consistent presence of love or the consistent presence of peace but love that suffereth long can see beyond this confusion. It sees what must be in order to maintain a continuum of peace and harmony.
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