Love

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love I gain nothing Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away...And now these things remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
- 1 Corinthians 13:1-8, 13

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures
all things."
- 1 Corinthians 13:7

Deceit

Why do some people practice deception? Many do it for financial gain, for social advantage, to hide immoral acts, or to obtain other "benefits' . Engaging in decietfulness is a slap in GOD's face and has dire consequences. When we make a choice not to trust him to handle a situation, we, in essence, decide He's a liar and will renege on His promise to meet every need. We then proceed to make our own way by any means necessary-----even being deceptive. Ind doing so we forfeit the good life GOd had planned for us.

(Deborah Smith Pegues, Taming your Tongue)

Who would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech- 1 Peter 3:10