Lucado, Max. A Love Worth Giving. Living in the overflow of God’s love. W Publishing Group. 2002.
Comment. Henry.
Max has given us his ‘exposition’ of 1 Corinthians 13. His illustrations and insights are inspiring and make scripture come alive. When we receive (God’s) love and don’t share and/or practice that love we live a lie. Max helps us to understand God’s love in such a way that we will discover that it is “a love worth giving”.
Based on Luke 7:47, Max talks about loving based on love received from God. Patience is God’s “premier expression of love”. (14) It cannot be given until it is received. With patience comes understanding. Another expression of love is kindness. We demonstrate it as we experience it.
Love does not tolerate a ‘pecking order’ of relationships or rudeness of any sort. We are all affected by the malady of self-seeking which has no part in love. “What we don’t have is so much less than what we have.” (69) Anger cannot survive in the presence of love. Rather than focusing on the wrongs (wrongdoers) of life focus on the blessings (God’s mercies). Love delights in truth. The love of Christ is truly into ‘all things’. ! Corinthians 13:7. Love protects. It endures and never fails.
Max includes a discussion guide for those who would like to use this book as a learning/teaching tool.
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