A groovy kind of love...

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts,
always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
—I Corinthians 13:4-8a (NIV)

This verse describes the characteristics of true love.
These qualities can certainly be found in the person of Jesus Christ, and they can be found in all
truly loving relationships. The problem with trying to “find” love in our dating lives, is that too often
we don't look for these characteristics. Rather we look at physical appearance, popularity, or wealth.
These are not the qualities that God looks at and neither should we.

But the LORD said to Samuel, “…The LORD does not look at the things man looks at.
Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
—I Samuel 16:7b (NIV)

Love is best seen as devotion and action, not an emotion. Love is not exclusively based on how we feel.
Certainly our emotions are involved, but they cannot be our only criteria for love. True devotion will always lead to action—true love.

Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with ACTIONS and in truth.
I John 3:18 (NIV)

Christ was devoted to us enough to give his own life for us (Romans 5:8), even when he didn't feel like it (Matthew 26:39).

Sex is not love!
Our culture has taught us that sex and love are one in the same.
This is a lie.
Sex is a beautiful God-given activity that is wonderful when practised within the boundaries of a Biblical marriage.
Sex is the completion of the binding of two people within Biblical marriage; it is a God-given gift.

Thank you

Thank God for being so faithful and sustained all the strength and focus I needed for this semester's exams.

Thank God for all the friends He gives me who continuously support me in the areas of studies, health and relationship.

Thank God for all the circumstances that happened recently that I was drawn even closer to Him.

Thank God for my health that I'm still living and kicking and my body is only to be used to serve Him.

Thank God for everything that I have as everything comes from Him. He is the alpha and the omega. Amen.

I understand.

I understand I must love myself before I can love others.

I understand I must be open so I can open others unto themselves.

I understand I must be honest if I expect that of my friends.

I understand I must speak truth if I am to hear the truth spoken.

I understand that I must reach out to people if I am to be touched.

I understand I must share If I am to be given.

I understand my knowledge must be used if I am to grow.

I understand you must have freedom if I am to be free.

(Walter Rinder)