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Topic: Love (04/27/06)
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TITLE: . . .the greatest of these is Love. | Previous Challenge Entry
By Sue Dent
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“What?” she asked the salesman.
“I said would you like to buy these gloves.”
“Oh,” she said, brushed her confusion away, smiled. “Umm . . . no thank-you.”
The salesman looked around. “Look, it’s cold out. These aren’t that expensive. Why don’t you just take them? I’ll pay for them.”
What a charitable spirit. She’d left her checkbook at home. “I’ll come back and pay you later.”
* * *
“. . . and the greatest of these is love.”
“What?”
“I said there are some parking spaces above,” said the attendant.
Her hope returned. Perhaps she wouldn’t have to park on the street and walk through the snow to get to where she was going. She nodded absently and moved on into the parking garage.
* * *
“. . . and the greatest of these is love.”
“What?”
“I said would you like to donate some blood,” said the nurse pointing to the sign behind her. “We’re in desperate need.”
What an interesting day, she thought. “Sure, I’ve got a few minutes.”
She sat in the chair and watched the nurse work. Conversation came naturally.
She looked at her hands. “Do you know that a salesman at the store gave me these gloves when I didn’t have the money to pay because I left my check book at home. I must say that certainly restored my faith in man-kind! And just when I thought I’d never find a parking space, the parking attendant pointed me towards a nearly empty level. I'd certainly given up hope until then.
The nurse smiled casually. “And now abide faith, hope, love. . .but the greatest of these is love.”
“What?”
“I said we’re all done here . . .you can go now, love."
1 Cor 13:13 says, "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
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