Endurance

Like many folks, I was brought up steeped in the culture of Christianity at school, in the wider community, and later at Sunday School and at Church. Now, later in life, despite not having been part of any religion for well over half my life, I am still amazed how many fragments and passages from the Bible come to mind, and at what times they flood in. One of my Grandfathers was a minister and though I knew him very little, it is certainly part of my family heritage. The verses that I remember most are from the Sermon on the Mount, Corinthians, and other New Testament chapters. There are some memories of Psalms, Proverbs and Song of Soloman too. I have read few Taoist books, but more importantly, my T'ai Chi practice (and the T'ai Chi Classics) shed new light on these words that come froward towards me from my past. During my standing practice tonight the words from 1 Corinthians 13 v7 came to mind, very vividly and strongly. Finding I had no Bible to refer to in the house, I recently bought a New Testament in Huntly at the second hand book store, Orb Books. I couldn't remember where the passage was from just now, so typed 'love endures all' into Google and found the chapter and verse. Here it is.

There is nothing love cannot face; there is no limit to its faith, its hope and its endurance.
New English Translation

However, how I remember it is more like...

Love faces all things; there is no end to its faith, its hope, love endures all things.