When I was thinking about a flower for love, I thought of the rose, of course. (Though I am not a rose person.) But still I had this photo of frangipanis that I needed a word for. Then I realized that LOVE was perfect.
The frangipani is connected with love and relationships in many cultures. And you would think I should have two flowers, but a true lasting relationship involves THREE.
Today is our wedding anniversary, and the text the Lord gave us 27 years ago was Ecc. 4:12… “A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.” Of course, Christ is the third strand.
Love is patient and kind.
Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude.
It does not demand its own way.
It is not irritable, and
it keeps no record of being wronged.
It does not rejoice about injustice
but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.
Love never gives up,
never loses faith,
is always hopeful,
and endures through every circumstance.
Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages
and special knowledge will become useless.
But love will last forever!
Three things will last forever—
faith, hope, and love—
and the greatest of these is love.
(1 Corinthians 13:4-8,13, NLT)
