"And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love." (1 Corinthians 13:13)This verse about love is part of Paul's letter to a bunch of young Christians with an immature faith. They didn't understand the heart of the faith yet. They wanted to do powerful things like they saw the Apostles doing like miracles, prophesying, and teaching. However, miracles and healings are temporary. You and I are often like the Corinthians. Most of the things we long for will come to an end. Your dream home will be rubble someday and your dream car will end up in a junkyard. But what's surprising about this passage is that Paul says the exact same thing about Faith and Hope. Love is the only one of those three that will remain forever. That's because Faith will cease to exist when the object of our faith King Jesus has been made fully manifest at His second coming and who needs hope when our hopes have been fulfilled in His presence. Faith and Hope are anticipatory. They'll go away someday. We won't need them. But love will remain. It will abide forever as we abide in Him. He's where the joy is!