I think this time frame for a lot of people is designed to test our patience and create humility. Then 1 Corinthians 13 is a chapter should be dedicated to this year. From the first verse to the last.
Though we speak in the language of men and angels but we have not love. We are but a resounding Gong or clanging symbols. Love is patient. Love is kind. His never haughty or puffed up. Love does not delight in evil(N) but rejoices with the truth. For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
It's not the full chapter but it's definitely worth studying the entire chapter. If we're not careful to keep loving our hearts. Then we're really not going to be able to make much of a difference.
Most definitely. Love covers a multitude of sins. I believe that God has been merciful given the sins of the world and the clock is ticking. Our job is to reach as many for Christ as we can.