With Valentine's Day rapidly approaching I'm taken aback by the personal connections all around us to the holiday. Marcus and I attended a dear friends wedding today, we also spent the weekend at an engagement celebration of even closer friends. We are surrounded by celebrations of joy. However, sorrow still shows her grief stricken face...another friend lost their son to a drug overdose....and another lost her Mom. Sometimes it's hard to take it all in. The joys and sorrows of life stand in stark contrast to each other. Newlyweds feed each other sweet cake and their flowers enhance the beauty of their day. Grieving families kiss the cold cheeks of their child and the sweet smell of flowers almost makes them sick. In the midst of this we teach. We teach children and adults to be excited about life, to want to learn, to care for one another and this place we all pass through. Let's take the time this week during this time we celebrate love to remember the old adage that these people that we teach really don't care how much we know until they know how much we care...
"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." 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7 (The Message Version)
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