1 Corinthians 13

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Love
1If I speak in the tongues[a] of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If 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. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,[b] but have not love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8Love 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. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When 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. 12Now 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.
13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
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HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

the month is already 1/2 way over.

HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY CLAIRE

I don't know if you'll see this Claire, but I just wanted to wish you a very wonderful birthday on your special day. Love you lots!!!!

nothing much

Hello everyone!
I just finished an 8 hour work day. I was pretty sleepy, but that caffeine that I drank this morning finaly kicked in. So I was supossed to give a piano lesson tonight, but my student cancelled. It's snowing really bad where they live, but the sun is shining where I live. Go figure. Thank you so much Tabs, Em, and Marc for your comments on my last post. I love you all so much.

Some guy from school called me Julita the other day. I was rather disturbed about that. Most people only like their close friends to call them by their nick names. Me, on the other hand, only like people that I consider family to call me Julita. For an example, you guys (people from Aletheia), and my realatives/family. Oh well. I'm just strange like that.

I have something really exciting to tell you, but it's going to have to wait for a while. So just pretend that you didn't read this. Until next time.

Worship= obedience, bowing your heart before God, surrenduring yourself to Him

I Surrender All

All to Jesus I surrender
All to Him I freely give
I will ever love and trust Him
In His presence daily live

I surrender all
I surrender all
All to Thee my blessed Savior
I surrender all

All to Jesus I surrender
Humbly at His feet I bow
Worldly pleasures all forsaken
Take me Jesus
Take me now

I surrender all
I surrender all
All to Thee my blessed Savior
I surrender all

All to Jesus I surrender
Make me Savior wholly Thine
Let me feel the Holy Spirit
Truly know that Thou art mine

I surrender all
I surrender all
All to Thee my blessed Savior
I surrender all

All to Jesus I surrender
Lord I give myself to Thee
Fill me with Thy love and power
Let Thy blessings fall on me

I surrender all
I surrender all
All to Thee my blessed Savior
I surrender all

By Judson W. Van De Venter and Winfield S. Weeden

there's snow on the ground

I'm really sleepy right now, so I'm just warning you that this may not make complete sense. This past week has been really exausting. Oh the joy of applying for scholorships and applying to schools. It's funny how you make a bunch of plans, you think you're going down the path the Lord has for you, but when you're almost to the point of going through with those plans, they seem to crash down on your head/the Lord shuts the door. At least that's what it looks like. You don't fully know until you're past the whole situation.

Do you ever wish that you knew what was going through someone's head? I don't mean all the time, but just on certain occasions. Do you ever wonder what's behind all the smiles, frowns, or looks of love or hate? I wish humans were more truthful. For instance, you ask someone if you're bugging them, they tell you no, but in their head they're wishing that they didn't answer the phone. Or you give someone a gift, they say that they like it, but as soon as you leave, they throw it away or stash it some place where they won't find it until 10 years latter. Here's a well known question. A guy ask a female if there's anything going on between them. She reply's, "no where just friends, right?" But deep down in side, she's wishing for something more. Why can't we be truthful? It's like a foreign concept. When it happens, you're like, "what in the world was that."

I'm sure glad that Jesus was honest. Before He went to the cross, He pleaded with God to let the cup pass from Him. This kinda proves that Jesus was fully God and fully man. But then He said, "not my will, but Yours be done." This shows us the strong relationship the Son had with the Father and it also show the love the Lord had for this wicked world.

The Lord wants us to be honest with Him. He wants to know the joys we experience as well as the pain. He wants to walk beside us through every situation. How can we help one another, if we aren't honest with the Lord, ourselves, or each other?

This is whats been going through my head this fine afternoon. It's funny what you write when you're tired.