Ah.  Me too Lelia.  Thanks for posting.

Vicki

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From: "lelia" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 8:30 AM
Subject: 1 Cor 13 Re: OKAY to all of us


> Hi Vicki, that is my favorite chapter, now do I do all of that no, ouch do
I
> always have love ouch no.  But I still love no pun intended that chapter.
>
> smiling
>
> Lelia
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "j.ireland" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 7:09 AM
> Subject: OKAY to all of us
>
>
> > None of us are being thrown off list unless we choose not to abide by
the
> > rules.  I believe all of us know what those are.
> >
> > Just a reminder that this list was not designed to be a psychological
> fixing
> > place for anything or anybody.  It was, and still is for support, good
> > discussion and honest questions, etc., etc.  I will probably post that
> info
> > just as soon as I can to refresh all our memories.  While we may have
> > members to the list, that we can not provide help to on list, we can
> provide
> > prayer.  And maybe that's a big key in the forthcoming help that is
> needed.
> > Now, we disagree about things, and that's okay, normal and natural,
> > sometimes healthy.  However...
> >
> > The Way of Love
> >
> > If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don't love, I'm
> > nothing but
> > the creaking of a rusty gate.
> >
> > If I speak God's Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making
> > everything
> > plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, "Jump," and
it
> > jumps,
> > but I don't love, I'm nothing.
> >
> > If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be
> burned
> > as a
> > martyr, but I don't love, I've gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say,
> > what I believe,
> > and what I do, I'm bankrupt without love.
> >
> > Love never gives up.
> > Love cares more for others than for self.
> > Love doesn't want what it doesn't have.
> > Love doesn't strut,
> > Doesn't have a swelled head,
> >
> > Doesn't force itself on others,
> > Isn't always "me first,"
> > Doesn't fly off the handle,
> > Doesn't keep score of the sins of others,
> >
> > Doesn't revel when others grovel,
> > Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
> >
> > Puts up with anything,
> > Trusts God always,
> > Always looks for the best,
> > Never looks back,
> > But keeps going to the end.
> >
> > Love never dies. Inspired speech will be over some day; praying in
tongues
> > will end;
> > understanding will reach its limit.
> >
> > We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always
> > incomplete.
> >
> > But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled.
> >
> > When I was an infant at my mother's breast, I gurgled and cooed like any
> > infant.
> > When I grew up, I left those infant ways for good.
> >
> > We don't yet see things clearly. We're squinting in a fog, peering
through
> a
> > mist.
> > But it won't be long before the weather clears and the sun shines
bright!
> > We'll see
> > it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly
> just
> > as he
> > knows us!
> >
> > But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do
to
> > lead us
> > toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love
> > extravagantly.
> > And the best of the three is love.
> >
> > 1 Cor. 13 from The Message.
> >
> >
> > Vicki
> > LIST MOM
> >
>