I offer thanks today for all the good I have in my
life.
I am so grateful to God for putting in my path so many
wonderful people who are so good to me.
My caretakers who provide me with help so that I can stay home as
long as possible. My doctors who work
so hard to keep my complicated health issues organized and who do it with
warmth and compassion. Professionals who
have helped me with business issues, without judgment or criticism.
But most of all I am thankful for those of you who are so
good to me on an everyday basis. Those
of you who offer me empathy and encouragement and unconditional love, you are
what keep me going. You all keep me from
folding under the weight of everything I have lost and make me appreciate everything
I still have.
That is my Thanks Giving.
Words my loved ones live by:
1 Corinthians 13
Love
13 1 What if I could speak all languages of humans
and of angels?
If I did not love others, I would be nothing more
than a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
2 What if I could prophesy and understand all secrets
and all knowledge?
And what if I had faith that moved mountains?
I would be nothing, unless I loved others.
3 What if I gave away all that I owned
and let myself be burned alive?
I would gain nothing, unless I loved others.
4 Love is kind and patient, never jealous, boastful,
proud, or 5 rude.
Love isn’t selfish or quick tempered.
It doesn’t keep a record of wrongs that others do.
6 Love rejoices in the truth, but not in evil.
7 Love is always supportive, loyal, hopeful,
and trusting.
8 Love never fails! Everyone who prophesies will stop,
and unknown languages will no longer be spoken.
All that we know will be forgotten.
9 We don’t know everything, and our prophecies
are not complete. 10 But what is perfect will someday appear,
and what isn’t perfect will then disappear.
and of angels?
If I did not love others, I would be nothing more
than a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
2 What if I could prophesy and understand all secrets
and all knowledge?
And what if I had faith that moved mountains?
I would be nothing, unless I loved others.
3 What if I gave away all that I owned
and let myself be burned alive?
I would gain nothing, unless I loved others.
4 Love is kind and patient, never jealous, boastful,
proud, or 5 rude.
Love isn’t selfish or quick tempered.
It doesn’t keep a record of wrongs that others do.
6 Love rejoices in the truth, but not in evil.
7 Love is always supportive, loyal, hopeful,
and trusting.
8 Love never fails! Everyone who prophesies will stop,
and unknown languages will no longer be spoken.
All that we know will be forgotten.
9 We don’t know everything, and our prophecies
are not complete. 10 But what is perfect will someday appear,
11 When we were children, we thought and
reasoned
as children do. But when we grew up, we quit our
childish ways.
12 Now all we can see of God is like a cloudy picture
in a mirror. Later we will see him face to face.
We don’t know everything, but then we will,
just as God completely understands us.
13 For now there are faith, hope, and love.
But of these three, the greatest is love.
12 Now all we can see of God is like a cloudy picture
in a mirror. Later we will see him face to face.
We don’t know everything, but then we will,
just as God completely understands us.
13 For now there are faith, hope, and love.
But of these three, the greatest is love.
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