Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right." (vv. 5-6)

Andre Malraux, the French author, tells in his book Lazarus of being with the troops that liberated the Nazi extermination camps toward the end of World War II. He said that you could see the prisoners' skeletons through their skin. One journalist who was with the liberating troops was interviewing the now former prisoners. They were very weak and many were near death. The interviews did not last very long, but the power of what they said and the way they said it could not be measured by the length of the interview. One prisoner summed it up by simply saying, "You see, there's no room left in our hearts except for forgiveness."

The true language of love is forgiveness. Sometimes the only way we can forgive is to be so filled with the unconditional love of God that there is not room for anything else. The answer to our bitterness is to be filled with God's love in Jesus Christ.

Source: Andre Malraux, Lazarus. "