The Greatest Gift is Love

I've been having a rough time lately with a certain situation and we've been practicing this song in choir on Wednesday nights and it has spoken in to me in so many ways. If it weren't for God's great love, where would I be? And with Valentine's Day just around the corner, what better time than now to talk about love.

The Greatest Gift is Love

By: Mark Hayes

Though I speak with tongues of angels,

Though my voice is touched with gold,

Without love each word is discord,

clanging brass and cymbols bold.

Though I know as much as prophet,

Though my faith is strong and sure,

Without love these are as nothing,

Neither words nor work endure.

Though I give my goods to others,

And my flesh I give to burn,

Without love each gift is worthless,

till the gift of love I learn.

Love is always kind and patient,

Neither jealous, boastful, rude;

Neither selfish nor conceited,

but with every grace imbued.

Love releases all resentment,

Takes no pleasure in the wrong;

Love finds truth delightful always

And endures what comes along.

Though not easily offended,

Love is eager to forgive,

Always trusting, always hoping,

Precious love will always live.

In a world that is imperfect,

Many gifts will pass away;

Faith and hope and love are endless;

These, and these alone will stay.

To a world where all is changing

Comes this promise from above:

Faith and hope will last forever,

But the greatest gift is love.

Faith and hope will last forever,

But the greatest gift is love.