About to drift off, I realized I'd not posted today. A writing exercise of taking a well-known piece and reworking it popped in my head. As I seem to wrestle with a lack of patience, I immediately thought of 1 Corinthians 13.
Here is the New King James version, thanks to biblegateway.com:
1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.
9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part.
10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
And here's the Post-Modern:
1 Though I speak with the tongues of humanity and of tech, but have not love, I have become a ringtone in a meeting or droning politician.
2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries (including explaining women to men) and am, well, Google, and even if I had enough belief in something to the point I actually did change the world (or just helped the church understand the words it says), but have no love, I am a 404 errror.
3 And though I eBay all my stuff to feed the poor, and Instagram pics of me doing it while tweeting the experience before it streams vid on YouTube, but don't really care about the people I'm doing it for or anything other than the fact it makes me look good, it... just makes for another episode of reality television.
4 Love deals. And is kind; love doesn't think it's entitled to more just because it is; love does not promote itself, is not all ego all the time;
5 does not behave rudely, does not place its own agenda above all else, doesn't go off just because it can, thinks the best of everyone. just because. seriously;
6 does not rush to report when somebody does something stupid. or mean, just to be the first to tell the story, but rejoices in the truth;
7 survives everything, trusts in spite of everything, dreams on your behalf through things, will be at the end of all things.
8 Love never crashes. But where people think they know things, they won't; what we say today, we might not claim later; what we think we know today, we might not tomorrow.
9 Because we don't know everything. And we only speak from what we know.
10 But when perfection arrives, our flaws will dissolve.
11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became an adult, I strived to make better decisions.
12 Right now we see glimpses through dirty glasses, but then we'll be one-on-one. Now I know pieces, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
13 While we wait for perfection, faith, hope, love linger; but the greatest, always, is love.
Sacred Lent, blessed journey.
Here is the New King James version, thanks to biblegateway.com:
1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;
5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;
6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;
7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.
9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part.
10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.
11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
And here's the Post-Modern:
1 Though I speak with the tongues of humanity and of tech, but have not love, I have become a ringtone in a meeting or droning politician.
2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries (including explaining women to men) and am, well, Google, and even if I had enough belief in something to the point I actually did change the world (or just helped the church understand the words it says), but have no love, I am a 404 errror.
3 And though I eBay all my stuff to feed the poor, and Instagram pics of me doing it while tweeting the experience before it streams vid on YouTube, but don't really care about the people I'm doing it for or anything other than the fact it makes me look good, it... just makes for another episode of reality television.
4 Love deals. And is kind; love doesn't think it's entitled to more just because it is; love does not promote itself, is not all ego all the time;
5 does not behave rudely, does not place its own agenda above all else, doesn't go off just because it can, thinks the best of everyone. just because. seriously;
6 does not rush to report when somebody does something stupid. or mean, just to be the first to tell the story, but rejoices in the truth;
7 survives everything, trusts in spite of everything, dreams on your behalf through things, will be at the end of all things.
8 Love never crashes. But where people think they know things, they won't; what we say today, we might not claim later; what we think we know today, we might not tomorrow.
9 Because we don't know everything. And we only speak from what we know.
10 But when perfection arrives, our flaws will dissolve.
11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became an adult, I strived to make better decisions.
12 Right now we see glimpses through dirty glasses, but then we'll be one-on-one. Now I know pieces, but then I shall know just as I also am known.
Sacred Lent, blessed journey.
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