Chris, Thanks for that wonderful vote of confidence and compliment. How very kind of you and I mean that sincerely. It's just that the real beautiful part I can't take credit for. It came out of the version of the Bible called The Message. Right from First Corinthians 13. So God gets that credit. Smile. Now I hope after that, you still think I! rock! LOL! Vicki ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 12:43 PM Subject: Re: OKAY to all of us > W'w'w'w'w'w'wo! > > > How'w'w'w'w'wly! > > Now that! was bee yootiful! > > Gosh, Vickey, have you ever thought and I actually am not kidding. i mean > this actually literally! > > Have you thought of becoming a writer? You! sister, have got some > mayyyyyyyyjer! tallent. > > > honestly don't even think you were perfectly aware of what you typed. I've > never! heard a human talk like that. i can confidently! say without > hesitation, that! was God right there, telling you through his power, what > to say... Wow!!! I sit here now breath taken... That! was in credible! > > You! rock! > > > LOL! > > > Chris. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "j.ireland" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 9:09 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 > > >