Love - I Cor. 13

2 of our regular inmates had gotten in trouble during the week. With each other. For a volunteer, this can be depressing. What to do? No choice really, talk about the situation if the parties involved want to. Try to separate the men involved in the seating sequence so that an actual fight doesn't break out. Since you weren't at the place were the fight took place, you can't make any judgment about who caused the fight. Nor should you be a judge either, that's not what you're there for.

Remember that you can't solve all the inmates problems. Don't get into the trap of thinking that if a person behaved like you, they'd be "well" or "cured". Your job is to be faithful in showing up at the Yokefellow sessions, and pointing people gently to see Jesus. It's that simple.

So, we talked about Love. We read 1 Corinthians chapter 13. I asked the men to read the passage each day in the coming week as homework.

I was interested to see that the King James translation has the key word in the chapter as Charity, instead of Love.

I expect we will discuss this difference in the coming session.