Love never falls.
But if there are prophecies
they will be brought to an end
if there are tongues,
they will stop
if there is knowledge
it will be brought to an end
For we know ‘part by part’
and we prophesy ‘part by part’
When the whole comes
the partial will be brought to an end.
When I was a child,
I used to speak as a child,
I used to form opinions as a child
I used to think as a child
When I became an adult
we did away with things of a child.
Just now we see in a mirror a reflected image
but then face to face.
Just now I know in part by part
Then I shall come to fully know as I have been fully known.
So now
faith, hope love
– these three things remain.
And the greatest of these is love.
Lord, you have given me so much,
I ask for one more thing –
a grateful heart.
George Herbert