Who Can Find?

“Many a man claims to have unfailing love, but a faithful man who can find?” (Proverbs 20:6, NIV 1984).

My Musings – “Many a man claims to have unfailing love.” Claim. To state or assert that something (“unfailing love“) is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.  Unfailing.  Claims are easy to make, especially if there is no evidence or proof. Not failing (past and present) and not liable to fail (future). Claims are easy to make, especially if there has been no failure to the present.  While this may be a good indication of what to expect in the future, it is not an assurance that there will not be failure.  Of course, if there has been failure up to the present, trust has been broken and must be restored.  And trust is easier to earn (by past faithfulness), that it is…