An exercise

At a friend's insistence, I've begun reading Darin Hufford's The Misunderstood God. He quotes the famous love passage from I Corintians 13:

⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.⁸ Love never fails.

Then he suggests substituting the word "God" for "love." So we get:

"⁴ God is patient, God is kind. God does not envy, God does not boast, God is not proud. ⁵ God does not dishonor others, God is not self-seeking, God is not easily angered, God keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ God does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ God always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.⁸ God never fails."

A helpful exercise for those of us with dim views of God.