Brad,

That is so beautiful what you said! You are so very loving! <Big Squeeze>
Your heart is so full of love! <squeeze>

That's what God's love is all about and that is loving them! <squeeze>
Isn't it just so wonderful to love! There is nothing more precious in this
world than God's love for us, and the ability to let His love come in to us
so we may love others!

I don't think we can ever love too much! despite what that song says.
"There is danger in loving somebody too much." I don't believe it!

I'll never stop loving! That's what God wants all of us to do! is! love!
love! and love! <squeeze>

Love and Blessings,
Pat Ferguson
At 09:20 AM 9/25/04, you wrote:
>Whenever I read things like this, it seems I have need to bring it into a
>human perspective in order to allow it to sink  in and understand it
>better. Of course the things of God mostly cannot be superimposed over our
>human life for a perfect match as we are not perfect, we are not God.
>However, because we are created by God, in his image, there is usually some
>form of imagery , or silhouette in our human lives which we can find a
>metaphoric or analogous generalization. Reading this bit on love, and how
>it mentions his love was before, during, and after our lives here on Earth.
>I wondered how is it possible to love  us before we were born? Before we
>have life. Then I  took a little trip backwards in time, playing the events
>of our family in reverse, knowing the love I have for my kids now.
>
>I remembered how yesterday the thought of my kids and where they are in
>life as they make their way through it, not always understanding the
>authorities in their life,  how I love them for who they are, even
>though  I do not always find pleasure in their attitude or actions, but I
>love them nonetheless.
>
>I remember some years back when they were challenging the authority in
>their life, my wife and I, with a test drive of their mouth, attitude, and
>independent thinking, but I still loved them.
>
>I remember back when they were just little two year olds  climbing into
>everything, getting into everything, not understanding the authority in
>their lives, my wife and I, but I still loved them.
>
>I remember back the day  after they were born, the day after we brought
>them home, and we looked at this little bundle of responsibility in life,
>another life to nourish and raise, and all that it meant, but I still loved
>them.
>
>I remember when they were yet but a kicking bulge in the womb of my wife
>and there was no physical reason, no physical individual to look upon and
>give reason for love, but I still loved them.
>
>I remember walking out of the clinic not 30 feet out of the clinic door
>after being notified of pregnancy, despite our relationship being not of a
>godly one you would say, and while there was nothing but a promise of a
>life which was created, I still loved them.
>
>There is yet one more example for which I'll spare you the intimacy, but
>looking back I realize even then, I did indeed love them.
>
>Thinking about it, I now understand as much as I can, how God loved us
>before we were dated in this world.
>
>Brad