1 Corinthians 13:12, “For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then, I shall know fully, just as I also have been fully known.” 1 Corinthians 13 is referred to as the Excellence of Love chapter in my Bible. Many preachers have preached on this. In my Bible there are highlights, underlines, asterisks, and brackets throughout this chapter. I’ve read it often. Verses 4-7 reads, “Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag, and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly, it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with truth; bears all things, believes all things, endures all things. Love never fails; but there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away with, if there are tongues, they will cease, if there is knowledge, it will be done away.” I am reading a book by Max Lucado, called “Experiencing the heart of Jesus”, a wonderful book by the way. Week 29 of this book is titled, “A love worth giving”. He mentions he was once told to substitute his name for the word love in these verses and realized he couldn’t do it. No one can except Jesus. I remember in 1976 while working at a nursing home, we had a therapist come to our staff meeting. She spoke on the topic of Transistional Analysis. The book “I’m Ok-You’re Ok” by Thomas Anthony Harris, was a best seller in self-help. The therapist had a floor length mirror with her. We each had to stand in front of it and look at our reflection and not focus on what we saw as wrong, but that we had to see ourselves as “OK”. To think back on this and reading 1 Corinthians 13:12, I understand the last part of that verse, “just as I have been fully known.” Jesus sees me through His love for me, and I was worth dying for. If you substitute your name for love in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7, you won’t be able to honestly finish. John 3:16 tells us, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.” Now we can see God’s love in these verses. Jesus is patient, Jesus is kind, Jesus is not jealous, Jesus does not brag, Jesus is not arrogant, Jesus does not act unbecomingly, does not seek His own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth, bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Jesus never fails. We look in the mirror dimly, we are seen by the One who knows us. Soon we can see Him face to face.