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Love That Sees the Neighbor's Need - Lutheran (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)

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Luther described love as "seeking not its own" but flowing outward toward the neighbor. "Love does not insist on its own way." In marriage, friendship, community, love asks: what does the OTHER need? Not: what do I want? A Lutheran couple married 60 years was asked their secret. The wife said: "Every morning I ask, 'What does he need today?'" The husband said the same. 1 Corinthians 13 is practical: daily attentiveness to another's good. Where is your love looking?

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1 Corinthians 13:4-7

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