We
visited the state botanical gardens this past week hoping the tens of thousands
of daffodils planted on a hillside there might be starting to make a show. But
alas, the buds are just beginning to open. But an orchid exhibit in the conservatory
was in full swing, so I spent a bit of time snapping a few photos to share. So,
today, as we look toward Valentine’s Day, verses to do with love and a
walk through the orchids. May you have a week full of love and beauty.
… love one another deeply, from the heart. I Peter 1:22
How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! Psalm 36:6
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. I Corinthians 13:4-7
Love
never fails. I Corinthians 13:8
And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love. I Corinthians 13:13
But I tell you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. Matthew 5:44-45
Your love, Lord reaches to the heavens … Psalm 36:1
I have loved you with an everlasting love. Jeremiah 31:3
Give thanks to the Lord, for his is good; his love endures forever. Psalm 107:1
Love your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 19:19
Greater
love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. John 15:13
… serve one another humbly in love. Galatians 5:13
And
I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power together
with all the Lord’s holy people to grasp how wide and long, and deep is the
love of Christ . . . Ephesians 3:17-19
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16