Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:8
Lately, I've been reading and studying 1 Peter, reflecting over the sermon series we had a year or so ago. The Timberline series notes are still posted on the website, so I've been reading through them as I go. It's good stuff... my margins are now full of scribbled notes, with underlined verses and circled words all throughout.
But this verse in particular keeps standing out to me. Love covers over a multitude of sins. Sometimes, it's just not practical or wise or prudent to confront someone... sometimes, we just have to let love do the work. The sermon notes say, "It means we consciously choose to let it go... Many times love can just cover over the offense." It doesn't matter how far in the past or into the future... Love covers over a multitude of sins.
After all, isn't that how the ultimate act of love and sacrifice came about? Jesus' love covering a multitude of sins. We are called to live like Christ, and it doesn't get much simpler than that.
Love covers a multitude of sins.
