“Charity suffers long and is kind, charity envies not, charity vaunts not itself, is not puffed up, does not behave itself unseemly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil, rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 

I could have recited those four verses to you at the age of five. Growing up with godly parents, the verse was presented for my consideration so frequently that I began to gloss over it, to take the words for granted. Yet, what depth does this passage have that I have not yet grasped? 

The Ants vs. The Birds
Two creatures that are known for their obsessive collecting habits are birds and ants. As an ant takes time to store food up for the winter, a bird collects just about anything for its nest as well as searching for its food for the day. Both creatures search for and fulfill their needs, yet both creatures are very different in their collecting habits, and both have a specific application to us as we live day to day.