Is a vow of poverty a gift from God?

1 Corinthians 13 is about love...it is saying that no matter what a person does, if he doesn't have love it is for nothing. You can't pick apart the Bible to make it say what you want it to say. The Bible is a book, not a series of quotes. If you think you will be a better person if you live in poverty then you should do that, but I think it is a sin to scoff at all the things that God has given us to live a beautiful life on earth. Living in poverty is also a poor example to leave for the ones you will try to draw to Christ through your witness...unless you want to be a nun.