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From Rita:
"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body." -
Joseph Addison
TRY THIS CONTEMPORARY VERSION OF 1 COR.13
What would Paul have said in 1999?
If I speak with the confidence of Rush Limbaugh and sing with the ease of Celine Dion but
don't have love, my words are like scraping
fingernails on a frozen windshield.
If I can program NASA's mainframe computer and outsmart my chemistry professor, if I can
memorize the Psalms and read Leviticus without dozing, or if I can even predict the future
but have not love, my value is equal to a pitcher of warm spit. If I give my Tommy
Hilfiger wardrobe to Goodwill and let my little sister rummage through my closet, if I go
to the stake and fry as a martyr, or if I donate a gallon of blood every hour but don't
have love, my offerings are useless.
Love is Patient - even if it means skipping a trip to 31 Flavors in
order to tutor an immigrant.
Love is Kind - it doesn't stoop to Polish jokes, Whitey jibes,
slanty-eye stories, or jokes about Jews.
Love does not envy the basketball team captain, the National Merit
finalist, the class president, or even the blonde who sports the most
even tan.
Love doesn't get a swelled head over straight As or a scholarship to
Princeton. Love isn't snooty about a new Corvette or a season pass to the world's
premiere ski resort. Love never jeers at the overweight
kid who hangs out of her T-shirt in PE.
Love smiles when getting cut off on the interstate. Love submits an
honest tax return. Love doesn't whine about the referee's bad call.
Love believes that God always provides the best stuff in life. Love
hangs on to hope when the family is splitting apart.
Love does not change like hemlines and hairdos. Love is like the
Energizer bunny. It lasts and lasts and keeps on going. In the end
only three things will remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of
these is love.
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