No virtue is complete without the others & their Maker.
Something to think about, and a little aha! moment for yours truly. If we neglect the other virtues while pursuing the purity of one to various extremes, that is likely the equivalent of idolatry. For example, the pursuit of justice can lead us to neglect kindness, and vice versa–I’m sure examples will pop to mind fairly quickly. Found this in the ODJ focus article between 30 June 2011 and 1 July 2011′s devotional readings–google if interested. :) Title is “Shouldn’t we always be tolerant?”
Three things will last forever–faith, hope, and love–and the greatest of these is love.
- 1 Corinthians 13:13
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