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| from RUE magazine |
IN THIS HOUSE...
WE DO SECOND CHANCES
WE DO GRACE
WE DO REAL
WE DO MISTAKES
WE DO I'M SORRY
WE DO LOUD REALLY WELL
WE DO HUGS
WE DO FAMILY
WE DO LOVE.
Last year a friend posted this on her Facebook page. I thought: "What an awesome 'family mission statement.' I could make that real easy. It would look cool on the porch." So the new year has come ["it's already February!" you say? I know! :-} I"ve been thinking ...quite awhile] and as I am constructing a projects list, I think of this again.
But wait! Do We Live It?
B'Shalom, Deborah
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.
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.
Love never dies.
Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.
1 Corinthians 13 MSG
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