1 Corinthians 13.4-7
“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
The big picture here is that agape love is mentally tough, enduring, and not fragile.
Please think and pray deeply about this characteristic of love. A recent book by Nassim Taleb actually speaks to this, though I am sure that Mr. Taleb had no idea he was describing an attribute of agape love.
The book is titled Antifragile, and here is now Taleb describes it: “Some things benefit from shocks; they thrive and grow when exposed to volatility, randomness, disorder, and stressors. Yet, in spite of the ubiquity of the phenomenon, there is no word for the exact opposite of fragile. So let us call it antifragile. Antifragility is beyond resilience or robustness. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better”.
Godly love is antifragile; it endures and grows stronger in response to the challenges, disorder, and difficulties of life. Worldly love is fragile; it fades quickly under the pressure of change and adversity.
Note the descriptions in this passage of how love is antifragile. Love is …
- Patient
- It bears all things.
- It believes all things.
- It hopes all things.
- It endures all things.
Trust God, walk in love, and be antifragile.
