Work It Out

… [Love] always hopes… 1 Corinthians 13:7

 Props: difficult puzzle (such as a “mind-bender”)

             How many of you have ever played with a puzzle like this one?  It can be frustrating!  Sometimes just when you think you’re going to solve it, you find out you really haven’t made it any farther than when you began.  It’s tempting to give up, but if you really want to solve it you’ll keep working at it and even get help if you need to, until you solve it. 

            In life you will have problems, too.  Your problems in life are usually much bigger and more difficult than this puzzle.  Many times they are problems that your friends and family are having.  Maybe your mom and dad fight all the time.  Or it could be that they drink at times until they get drunk and do bad things.  You might know kids at school that are always mean to you.  Whatever the problem, it can be frustrating and make you want to give up on those people.  You may want to give up on your parents and think that they’ll never change.  Maybe you’ve thought that those kids at school or in your neighborhood will never be nice to you. 

1 Corinthians 13:7 says, “…[Love] always hopes…” That means true love never gives up on others.  You can see a change in the people around you when you learn to want for them to change, pray and talk to God about it and believe with all your heart that it’s going to happen.