Love Believes All Things
Love sees past the creases and stains—seeing the person through the eyes of memory, hope, and grace.
Devotional Credit: Days of Heaven on Earth by A.B. Simpson
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Today’s reading draws our gaze to the unrelenting love of God—a love that chooses to see His people through the covering of Christ’s blood, not through the blemishes of their faults. A.B. Simpson brings out the mystery and mercy found in Isaiah’s words: “They are My people… so He was their Savior.” Even though they had lied and failed, God speaks as if He saw none of it.
This isn’t divine denial—it’s divine delight in grace. The Father knows the iniquity is there, yet because of the blood of the Lamb, He sees past it. Unlike the accuser who fixates on every flaw, God rests His gaze on Christ’s perfection. The result? Love that bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things (1 Cor 13:7).
When we walk in the mind of Christ, this same posture of love becomes our own. Instead of highlighting others’ failures, we envision their God-intended beauty. We intercede, not criticize. We bless, not curse. We see beyond the mess and believe in the masterpiece being formed. Simpson ends with a charge: if God sees through grace, shouldn’t we? Love believes all things.
Personalized Journal Entry – Voice of the Holy Spirit Through Scripture
I have loved you with an everlasting love, and I draw you with cords of kindness. My eyes do not search for iniquity in you, for I have already laid it on My Son. You are holy and blameless before Me in love. Though the accuser stands ready to point out every flaw, I see you clothed in My righteousness, radiant without spot or wrinkle.
Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus: a love that endures all things, believes all things, and hopes all things. Bear with one another in love, forgiving just as I have forgiven you. Love covers a multitude of sins—not by ignoring them, but by embracing My grace that transforms hearts.
When you look at others, look through My eyes. See what I see. Believe in what I am forming, even when it is hidden under layers of brokenness. Intercede more than you accuse. Bless more than you correct. Walk in love, for love fulfills the law.
You are not called to fix others by sight—you are called to love by faith.
(Scriptures referenced: Jeremiah 31:3; Ephesians 1:4; Revelation 12:10; Philippians 2:5; 1 Corinthians 13:7; Ephesians 4:2; Colossians 3:13; 1 Peter 4:8; Romans 13:10)
Real-Life Analogy
You’ve probably seen a faded old photograph—creased at the corners, scratched from wear, maybe even water-damaged. But someone holds it up with a smile, not because it’s pristine, but because they remember the person in it. The love they feel isn’t diminished by the damage. In fact, it may feel even sweeter.
In the same way, love doesn’t stare at the wrinkles or cracks in others. It sees the story behind them. It remembers who they are becoming. To love like God is to look at people not as a sum of their current flaws, but through the lens of restoration and memory and hope.
Prayer of Confidence
Father, thank You for seeing me through the lens of Your Son. You do not ignore my failures, but neither do You define me by them. You see Christ in me, and You rejoice in who I am becoming in Him.
May I carry that same lens of grace into every interaction today. May I believe in what You are doing in others, even when it's hard to see. I choose to trust Your workmanship, in me and in them. Thank You for giving me Your Spirit to bear, believe, and bless with a love not of my own—but wholly Yours.