A woman came out of her house one day, and saw three old men with 
long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them, 
so she said," I do not think that I know you, but you must be hungry. 
Won't you come in and have something to eat?" "Is the man of the 
house home?" they asked. "No, he is out", she said. "Then we cannot 
come in," they replied. In the evening when her husband returned home, 
she told him what had happened. "Go tell them I am home, and invite 
them in!" he said. The wife went out and invited the men in again. "We 
do not go in a house together," they replied. "Why is that?" she wanted 
to know. One of the old men explained. "His name is Wealth," he said 
as he pointed to one of the men. "And he is success," as he pointed to 
the other. "And I am love." he said. Then he added, "now go in and tell 
your husband and discuss which of us you would like to have in your 
home." The woman went in and told her husband. He was overjoyed.  
"How nice!" he said.  "Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let 
him come and fill our home." The wife disagreed, "Why don't we invite 
Success?" Their daughter-in-law was listening from another part of the 
house. She jumped in with her own suggestion. "Wouldn't it be better to 
invite Love in? Our home would be filled with Love." "Let us heed our 
daughter-in-laws advice," said the husband to his wife. "Go out and 
invite Love in to be our guest." Love got up and started walking toward 
the house. The other two got up also and began to follow him. 
Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success, "Why are you coming 
in, too? I only invited Love." The old men replied together, "If you had 
invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would have stayed 
outside. But, since you invited Love, wherever he goes, we go with him. 
Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!" There are 
three things that will endure---faith, hope, and love, and the greatest of 
these is love.
 ...1 Corinthians 13:13 (NLB)