Love ~ June Wedding

June 1, 2013 The Church Wedding

The Father and the Bride

Husband and wife

The Groom's grandmother and mother

The Groom's sisters and his mother.
It was a beautiful wedding.

I Corinthians 13 

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.

4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but lrejoices with the truth.7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.

13 So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Exercise Buddies

I have a new set of friends. They are my exercise buddies.  As a group of women over the age of 40 we are quick to offer words of encouragement. On occasion, a man  will join our class. 

I love the feeling of community. If we are planning to miss a class, we tell our buddies. When buddies return from surgery, we welcome them back with open arms. 

Missing a class? We better tell our buddies. We want to know about vacation, medical tests, and graduations. 

Health tips? Buddies want to share! One buddy is a survivor of pancreatic  cancer. We listen intently as he shares his journey. We celebrate his recovery. We listen to his tips. 
I thank God for my new buddies.  

Don't miss the fun. Find a exercise buddy!