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But now let me show you a way of life that is best of all.
If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
1 Corinthians 12:31-13:1 NLT
It isn't about how articulate someone is, how many followers they have, what their profile is, how clever they are, but whether we love others. 
Otherwise, in God's economy, it's all just noise. 
And not just noise, annoying noise.
Jarring noise.
Worthless noise.
Paul is saying that's what we become, annoying, jarring, worthless noise. 
If we don't love others. 
My challenge today is to live that way of life that is best of all by showing love, being love in some way, to someone. 
To be intentional about that. 
I've got some driving to do today, maybe that love will find it's expression in the way I drive, or let someone in, or think about other road users...I wonder where else today love for others might find it's expression?
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