Wow, it seems so long since I have written, man I have missed writing so much! We have been so busy over the last couple of weeks. Me and the kids took a mini-vacation while dad was gone to Texas and then some of our dearest friends got married this past weekend. I have continued reading each day, but it just doesn’t impact my life as much as reading and then writing about it. So once again I thank you God for all my trials and struggles that brought me to the point of writing---you most certainly know what you are doing and I am learning to lean on you more with each passing day. With each moment I am drawn even more to your will for my life.
I just have to give a big shout out to one of the greatest friends in the world, Zeb Brown! He and his gorgeous wife, Lacy, were married this weekend in one of the most beautiful ceremonies that I have ever witnessed, and I was honored to be a part of it! Many times I have referred to a friend in my blog and most of them were in reference to Zeb, and many other times some of my thoughts come from our conversations about life in relation to God’s Word. While I have known him almost his whole life, we became really great friends during a difficult time in my life and he has been my biggest encourager when it comes to sharing my thoughts with others. He showed up in my life when I needed a faithful friend the most and I know God has orchestrated this friendship with great things in mind. My family and I are so blessed for having Zeb and Lacy in our lives and I want them and everyone else to know that! So in honor of my faithful friends, today’s reading comes from I Corinthians. These few words are so perfectly written and show the importance of love in our lives. Funny that my last post was also about love and at that time I had no idea I would be writing this tonight, so what is God trying to tell me? I don’t know if he is trying to tell me or simply remind me of the love that surrounds my life, because over the last couple weeks I have been thinking about those that I have in my life and overwhelmed at how much I love them and they love me. God has blessed me so tremendously, more than I will ever deserve, more than I could ever earn, but that is what God does, that is who God is…unconditional love! So I say thank you to my family and friends for showing God’s love by loving me in spite of all my faults and failures! I love you all more than you will ever know!
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor 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.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
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