Are you like me and always skipped straight to “the greatest of these is love” in 1 Corinthians 13:13? After being a Christian most of my life and graduating from 3 Bible Colleges, living in India for 5 years as a missionary and being a pastor’s wife for 18 years, I just saw something I’ve never seen in the great love chapter. Isn’t it awesome how the Word of God is alive and continues to grow inside of us as we continue to study it?! Check it….

All three of these remain…faith, hope, and love. Yes, the greatest is love but also faith and hope remain. Something I’ve noticed personally in battling discouragement, overwhelm or even actual depression is that even the smallest rope of hope can keep you from completely giving up. And the tiniest seed of faith can move mountains we find ourselves up against. Love never fails.

So what this means for us is we are unstoppable, immovable, and unshakable. Grab hold of hope, tap into faith, and yield to love. All three remain. Hope is there when you need it. Choose to hold on to it and don’t let go. Faith is available and all you have to do is believe it, see it and be it. Love is ever present to receive, enjoy, and give.

For sure – love is the greatest of all and is what never fails. But don’t discount the power of faith and hope which also remain, are there for the taking. All you have to do is hold on to the rope of hope and it will eventually pull you up out of the funk. It’s the how we hold on. Faith is the substance – the what – of things hoped for and love is the why, the power that propels us onward.

Notice in the upcoming weeks how all three of these remain and are there for the taking, yielding to, and the holding on to as you need them. Awareness of all three of these things will help you punch depression in the face!

This Saturday is the International Day of Happiness. I ask you to join me in putting a red smiley face on your hand and posting it on social media and tag me!!! Please help me spread the happy, telling people about the #happymondayblog & the Love ANYWAY COURSE & boom & the Happy ANYWAY book. And invite someone to join you as you join me for #HappyGirl21 Sept 24-25th If you or you know someone who needs to find their happy, pls send this blog to them, get them a full color funnest book ever as a gift.

Happy Monday y’all!