The Love I Didn’t Want to Believe In

✨ Devotion

Title: The Love I Didn’t Want to Believe In

“Love always hopes, always believes, always perseveres.”— 1 Corinthians 13:7 Even when I didn’t want to believe . . . Love didn’t let go. . . Because Jesus never did.

Scripture:“

Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.”— 1 Corinthians 13:7–8a (NIV)

Reflection:I

’m learning something I didn’t expect to wrestle with: I don’t always want to believe the best in people. I don’t always want to hope for them or persevere in love when I’ve been let down. But love — true love — isn’t just an emotion or a noble goal. Love is a Person. And if Christ lives in me, then this kind of love is not just possible… it’s who I’m becoming.

Still, I have to confess — I’ve found myself resisting the hope that love brings. Not because it isn’t beautiful, but because it’s costly. Because hoping again feels vulnerable. Because trusting again feels risky. Because persevering feels like surrender. But that is exactly what Jesus did for me. And if He lives in me, then His kind of love must also live through me — not in my own strength, but by His Spirit.

Love always hopes… not because people always deserve it, but because Jesus never stopped hoping for us. And even when we want to close the door, God's love keeps it cracked open — not for foolishness to walk in, but for grace to win.

This love isn’t a burden. It’s a mirror — reflecting the One who never gave up on us.

Prayer:

Lord, I confess that sometimes I don’t want to hope or believe again. It feels safer to shut down than to love deeply. But You are Love — and You live in me. Teach me to love like You do. Give me wisdom, yes… but also give me a heart that reflects Yours. Help me trust the kind of love that always hopes — because it’s rooted in who You are, not who they are. May Your love grow in me, until it becomes the truest thing about me.

Amen.

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👉 When You Hope More Than They Do – A devotion on intercession, surrender, and trusting God with the people you love.

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Love in Christ Jesus,

~K