Love is patient;
love is kind
and envies no one.

Love is never boastful,
nor conceited,
nor rude;

never selfish,
not quick to take offense.

There is nothing love cannot face;
There is no limit to its faith,
its hope, and endurance.

In a word,

there are three things that last forever:
faith, hope, and love;

but the greatest of them all is

LOVE."





One of my favorites.. I like to meditate over this now and again.
And I also like to remind myself, that, although we all experience horrible things..
There are a lot of beautiful, loving people in this world, loving us everyday.

I just hope I can see,... feel,... hear,... & share... the Love....... wherever & whenever it comes my way!
 

Love and blessing to you all.
xxx

"I want to share with you a beautiful illustration that I heard years ago that still speaks to my heart whenever I have one of those,
"I can't do anything right" days.
It is the lesson of "The Cracked Pot."

Many years ago, in a very poor Middle East village, stood an ancient stone well. Along side of that well sat two large watering pots.
One of them was like new, beautifully formed, even had graceful etchings along its curved handle.
The other, not as new yet still useful, had become cracked over the years.

Time after time, the pot was passed over by the people with the exception of a little village girl.
She had grown fond of the neglected pitcher.
Every day she would chose it instead of the beautiful pot.

One morning, the old pot asked the little girl,
"Why do you continue to use me, when you know I am flawed and cannot hold the water you and your family so desperately need?"
The little girl spoke not a word, but carried the broken pot to a familiar pathway that she traveled daily.

With her tiny voice she said,
"This is why I pick you."
There before the pot was a row of delicate wild flowers that had bloomed along the trail because of the water that had trickled and leaked from the pot.
The buried seeds of the flowers had been watered as she made her way home each day.
The cracked pot for the first time had seen its worth through the eyes of a grateful little girl.

.....

Just so you know you are in good company, here are some of the more famous "cracked pots" found in the Bible:


Noah was a Drunk
Elijah was Suicidal
Peter was a Coward
Jacob was a Deceiver
Rahab was a Prostitute
Samson was a Womanizer
Moses had a Self-esteem problem
David was an Adulterer/Murderer
The Samaritan Woman was Divorced (a lot)

...."
http://www.cbn.com/SpiritualLife/Devotions/Butler_WonderfullyFlawed.aspx

with the Law of Love for laws and flaws,
oliver