Simply put: love does.

Failure is just part of the process, and it's not just okay; it's better than okay. God doesn't want failure to shut us down. God didn't make it a three-strikes-and-you're-out sort of thing. It's more about how God helps us dust ourselves off so we can swing for the fences again. And all of this without keeping a meticulous record of our screw-ups.

I'm all for getting together with men and women in small groups around Scripture and letting it just wash over us, but for me, I've been meeting with the same ten guys for like 15 years now, but we don't have a Bible study every Friday, we have a Bible doing.

Grace works that way. It's a kind word from a gentle person with an impossible prayer. It's a force sometimes transmitted best hand to hand in a dark place.

The words we speak to each other should leave stretch marks, not bruises. Love is always picky about what it says.

Love doesn't just keep thinking about it or keep planning for it... Simply put: Love does!

Selfless love is always costly; fear can't afford it, pride doesn't understand it and friends never forget it.