1 posted on 06/21/2006 7:23:50 AM PDT by dutchess

2 posted on 06/21/2006 7:30:20 AM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)

Off I go for a bit Dutchess. Rainy here. I am having a hard time today with warm fuzzy due to the news from yesterday. Mega prayers for the families & friends of our two heroes.

Mega "Thank you Lord" for the wonderful progress for our Maggie. But prayers continue to her situation and for her hubby also

Out to town company arriving this afternoon so I may/may not not get back today.

I hope all at the Finest can have a gentle day.

3 posted on 06/21/2006 7:35:13 AM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)

To: ST.LOUIE1; Billie; DollyCali; GodBlessUSA; JustAmy; Mama_Bear; The Mayor; Aquamarine; deadhead; ...

4 posted on 06/21/2006 7:35:27 AM PDT by dutchess

PROCLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOUT THE LAND!

Happy Warm and Fuzzy Wednesday!

5 posted on 06/21/2006 7:35:30 AM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)

Nice Pledge, dutchess!

6 posted on 06/21/2006 7:37:02 AM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)

To: ST.LOUIE1; Billie; dutchess; DollyCali; GodBlessUSA; Mama_Bear; Aquamarine; JustAmy; deadhead; ...

June 21, 2006

Love Never Fails

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READ: 1 Corinthians 13

Now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. —1 Corinthians 13:13

Poet Archibald MacLeish says that “love, like light, grows dearer towards the dark.” This is what he calls the “late, last wisdom of the afternoon.” The same is true of our love for one another; it can indeed grow dearer as we age. I have seen it myself in two elderly friends.

Married for over 50 years, they are still very much in love. One is dying of pancreatic cancer; the other is dying of Parkinson’s disease. Last week I saw Barbara lean over Claude’s bed, kiss him, and whisper, “I love you.” Claude replied, “You’re beautiful.”

I thought of couples who have given up on their marriages, who are unwilling to endure through better or worse, sickness or health, poverty or wealth, and I am saddened for them. They will miss the kind of love my friends enjoy in their latter years.

I have watched Claude and Barbara over the years, and I know that deep faith in God, lifelong commitment, loyalty, and self-denying love are the dominant themes of their marriage. They have taught me that true love never gives up, it “never fails.” Theirs is the “late, last wisdom of the afternoon,” and it will continue to the end. May we express that same unfailing love to those who love us. —David H. Roper

Lord, teach us the secret of loving,
The love You are asking today;
Then help us to love one another—
For this we most earnestly pray. —Anon.

Don’t put off until tomorrow the loving words you can say today.

Bible in One Year: Bible in One Year: Esther 3-5; Acts 5:22-42

7 posted on 06/21/2006 7:38:13 AM PDT by The Mayor ( http://albanysinsanity.com/)

To: Warthogtjm; DollyCali; All

Sorry so late posting today. Serious thunderstorms all night, morning with power on and off. Poor pups quivering on dad's lap (and he feels so special) BBL (turning the 'puter off!)

8 posted on 06/21/2006 7:38:15 AM PDT by dutchess

Good morning, Mayor - great post on enduring love!

9 posted on 06/21/2006 7:40:35 AM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS!

Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means,
Time held me green and dying
Though I sang in my chains like the sea.

10 posted on 06/21/2006 8:02:48 AM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)

To: dutchess; Mrs.Nooseman; LUV W; MEG33; ST.LOUIE1; Billie; DollyCali; GodBlessUSA; JustAmy; ...

11 posted on 06/21/2006 8:07:58 AM PDT by EsmeraldaA

Good morning EsmereldA! Cute kittens.

12 posted on 06/21/2006 8:10:55 AM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)

To: dutchess; All

Warm and fuzzy greetings here are 2 photos of my friend's grand children on their first visit to the seaside.

13 posted on 06/21/2006 8:17:49 AM PDT by snugs ((An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME))

aaawww, me likey the puppy on baby head.

14 posted on 06/21/2006 8:20:03 AM PDT by Feiny (Now go bang your heads on your desks until something useful comes out!)

15 posted on 06/21/2006 8:39:54 AM PDT by EsmeraldaA

16 posted on 06/21/2006 8:44:29 AM PDT by Majie Purple

To: dutchess; All

Good Morning to the Finest
Wishing You All a Warm and Fuzzy Wednesday!

17 posted on 06/21/2006 8:45:03 AM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)

18 posted on 06/21/2006 8:51:07 AM PDT by Majie Purple

19 posted on 06/21/2006 8:56:42 AM PDT by Majie Purple

Good first-day-of-summer, Rus! Hope you are staying busy, and that it's not too hot to work.

Thanks for our beautiful lesson from God's Word.

20 posted on 06/21/2006 8:56:47 AM PDT by luvie ("Rather than mourning those who have died, we should thank God that such men lived.")

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