Given to Matthew Hayes - 05/04/2023

God loves each of us. Personally. Powerfully. Passionately. And it’s a love worth giving. But before we can pass love on, we must receive it ourselves. Building on the principles found in 1 Corinthians 13, known as the love passage, best-selling author Max Lucado helps us dive into the depth and perfection of God’s love, exploring the ways that it can be reflected in our daily lives through patience, kindness, forgiveness, and more. For those of us feeling low on these attributes, A Love Worth Giving opens the door to the transfusion we need in order to spread a love that really is worth giving.

Wonderful book in Lucado's easy-to-read writing with excellent examples of the points he is making. ( )

If we have dealt with such things as someone you can't forgive, Max suggests that we may have missed a step in life. We may not understand God loves us with an "unconditional" love, which is a love we can pass on to others. ( )

Lucado's ability to present the principles of I Corinthians 13 using parables and present day examples is a timely reminder that God is the foundation and giver of perfect love and sets the standards we should try to emulate in our own lives. While we can never achieve that pinnacle of unsullied love, our knowledge of what we've been freely given should make us more aware that from our great gift, we should reach out to others, deserving or not, because we've been the recipient of a love that knows no earthly bounds of sin or selfishness. ( )