"A Saying passed down through the Ages" 1 Corinthians 13: 12-13

There has been a saying passed down through the ages. It has echoed through the centuries...

  In the days when the Sacred Scriptures ( New Testament) were first read, Saint Paul lived for a time in a city named Corinth.
  Corinth was famous for producing mirrors. Clear glass had not been figured out yet, so mirrors in that day were made out of metal. An extremely high polished metal could never match the clarity of a modern day glass mirror, yet a fine polished metallic mirror was able to reflect an image, such as a person.
  Saint Paul writes in verse twelve of chapter thirteen ( paraphrase,): " We don't yet see things clearly. It is like squinting into a fog while peering into a mirror. The reflection we see is somewhat blurred, much like our lives. It appears more of a riddle, or an enigma.
  The sun soon rises, the fog dissipates, and we look into the mirror. It has more clarity. It is Him! His face is vivid. He does understand, for He has already understood us."

  John the Apostle wrote: " When Christ Jesus appears, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is." (1 John 3:2)

  It is in the following verse mankind has been shaken. They are words that are repeated in a variety of venues. It may be the greatest words ever written by any man.

  "Until then, when we understand our completeness through Him, there are three things that currently lead us to that glorious consummation!
  First, an abiding trust demonstrated by our faith in Him,
Second, a hope of confident expectation that all he spoke of...is true!
Third, these unselfish acts of love for others is birthed in His love for us!
  And of these three marvelous virtues, our love for others is most potent." (1 Corinthians 13:13
paraphrased.)