Love

1 Corinthians 13
Love 1If I speak in the tongues[a] of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames,[b] but have not love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

I've been reading a series of novels recently by Karen Kingsbury, and one of the passages used in it is that love perseveres. This is used in the context of marriage, but it's more than that. An aspect of Love is in all relationships that we have. There are times that we struggle in some of these, but we need to remember that God perseveres with us even in our most stubborn times so we should do the same for others even when we think it's impossible, God can help us to Love to our full potential. God is the example of Love, and he will give us the strength and patience to overcome even the toughest of times.

Toilets and stuff

Ok so currently holidaying in China and knew the whole toilet situation thig was going to be weird, I mean it seriously makes you value the privacy of having your own toilet which i'm so glad our hotel room does. But beforewe got to our hotel room there was a need for the toilet and so we went but there was already someone in there squatting and no partititions other toilet next to her that is not really a toilet but a civilsed hole that has a toilet look to it (get the idea) anyway it took at least two minutes to get up the courage and go near this poor lady. It was weird with a capotal and sadly one that may have to be repeated. ugh.
For other weird stuff (to me anyway) outside the restautants they have their food on display fish swimming and vegetables thankfully not other meat though they do in the market saw a fish gutted (gross) but anyway we kept seeing these weird fly fish things in the water which turned out to be dragonfly nymphs or something. minging looking. Later on we see them fried so Paul bought one for trying and Sam built up the courage to try, Beccy just broke it off and ate it no probs, Paul ate it. I was not to be outdone but I couldn't touch it and managed to drop the first to bits, Beccy had to break it off for me amd i managed to throw it in my mouth, wasn;t as bad as it looked but won't repeat the experience it just looks to gross. But having a great time and not struggling to bad with the ol chopsticks managed to eat rice with them. get me :)

Confused.com

This is a place we all attend. It is a place where we all end up sometimes once a day. For me personally at the moment a regular venue in my mind. We think things are going one way, all seems good then bam a turn around and suddenly the picture is fuzzy, sometimes just a lil bit others it is unrecognisable. Solutions to this are hard to find.

Leave out all the Rest

I dreamed I was missing, you were so scared
But no one would listen, 'cause no one else cared
After my dreaming, I woke with this fear
What am I leaving when I'm done here?

So if you're asking me, I want you to know

When my time comes, forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed
Don't resent me, and when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory, leave out all the rest

Leave out all the rest, don't be afraid
I've taken my beating, I've shared what I made
I'm strong on the surface, not all the way through
I've never been perfect, but neither have you

So if you're asking me, I want you to know

When my time comes, forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed
Don't resent me, and when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory, leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest

Forgetting all the hurt inside you've learned to hide so well
Pretending someone else can come and save me from myself
I can't be who you are

When my time comes, forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some reasons to be missed
Don't resent me, and when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory, leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest

Forgetting all the hurt inside you've learned to hide so well
Pretending someone else can come and save me from myself
I can't be who you are

This song is from the Twilight soundtrack, one of my favorites.
My favorite line 'Help me leave behind reasons to be missed.' I just pray that these reasons may come from God's love and be because of the love he has for me and all that he created. Knowing that because of him we will hopefully see each other one day in his awesome presence.
I can't be who you are

So fearfully and wonderfully made,
How could they say there is no God?
Reminded every breath that I take,
It´s by Your hand I have been formed
So what am I going to do with this life You gave me?
What could I do but live for Your praise?

You gave me this breath,
And You gave me this strength,
And every day I´ll live to obey You.
With all of my heart,
With all of my soul;
Let every breath I´m breathing display You God.

There´s elegance in all you create
Your grand designs leave us amazed.
The wonders of the way we´ve been made
Speak of Your power, tell of Your grace.
So what am I going to do with this life You gave me?
What could I do but live for Your praise?

So what am I going to do with this life You gave me?
What am I going to do with this life?
What I am I going to do in these days You´ve ordained?
What am I going to do with this life?

This song is just so brill, it brings out God's amazingness plus makes us think about what we can do with our lives to make them worthy of God. We need to stand apart from the norm and honor God with our lives. Which is not always the easiest thing to do, and we are told that it is not going to be easy, but in the long run so worht while. It all goes hand in hand trusting that God does know best and that he is more able than we are.

Next

We watched this movie just after the new year came in. Quite fitting as we tend to think about what the new year will bring in and try and guess what the future may bring. This movie is all about a guy who can see at least two and a half mins into the future. It shows how unpredictable the future actually is and no matter how hard we may try we will never truly know how it is going to go. The only person that knows how our lives are going to pan out is God. He has watch over us and this year i'm just going to try and release control over to him fully.

Today is just such a great day of blessings, it has just been so special. Being able to see the ways that God works in us and helps through journeys of emotions. Just being able to pray with people about stuff is amazing. I am not the best prayer in the world and to be honest to pray in front of people, about people is scary, especially as I think I might pray the wrong thing. But really its all about trust in God, not what those around us are thinking. Its so great when people are honest about what they are going through, and I think that we are not like this enough. How do we expect to grow if we aren't honest, though there are times when things shouldn't be said.
Also something else that came up was about families and christian families. Our families accept through the good and the bad, are honest with us and accepting of us, and quick to point out when we are wrong, and joyful with us when we go through exciting stuff. Surely we should be like this with our Christian families and not hold them at arms length, especially as there are those whose blood families aren't christians so have a different view on things (not necessarily a bad thing). Though it maybe hard it is definitely something to think on!!!