Thought for February 14

 History:

  • 1924: Thomas Watson renames the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company as International Business Machines
  • 1929: St. Valentine's Day massacre
  • 1931: Original "Dracula" released with Bela Lugosi
  • 1971: Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in the White house
  • 1978: First "micro on a chip" patented by Texas Instruments
  • 1984: Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean ice dance to Bolero in Sarajevo
  • Born: Frederick Douglas, Jack Benny, Mickey Wright, Carl Bernstein
  • Died: Richard II, James Cook, William Tecumseh Sherman, Dolly the Sheep
Happy Valentine's Day

Thought:
Back in 2021, I wrote about writing a love letter to Jesus on Valentine's Day. I first suggested reading "How Do I Love Thee" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning:

Let me count the ways I love. I will love the Lord
  • To the depths, to the breadths, to the heights. 
  • In the day and in the night
  • Freely, purely, passionately, faithfully
  • In smiles and tears, in life and if God allows, after death
Then I suggested using 1 Corinthians 13 as a model for a love letter to Jesus. Reading it again this morning and thought I would share it again:
  • Jesus, I love you because You first loved me
  • I love You because You are so patient with me---You love me even when I mess up again and again
  • I love You because You are so kind to me--read Psalm 136
  • I love You for the miracle of life--eternal, abundant life.
  • I love You for the creation You made for us---I see Your loving hand in its beauty and complexity, in its order.
  • I love you when I consider all the worlds You have made--the stars in space.
  • I love You when the rain falls, the grass grows, the flowers bloom.
  • I love You for Your grace--amazing, saving grace.
  • I love You for Your tender mercy--how gently You care for me.
  • I love You for Your perfect plan--even when I don't understand it.
  • I love You for Your power and strength--nothing is impossible with You, nothing is too difficult for You.
  • I love You for Your unchanging character--the same yesterday, today and forever.
  • I love You for Your joy, given freely, and flowing no matter the circumstances.
  • I love You for Your peace--incomprehensible but my resting place where all my problems and troubles, all my worries and doubts flee.
  • I love You because You chose me.
  • I love You because You will never leave me--even when I cannot feel You, You are there.
  • I love You for inviting me to join You in that place we call heaven and for preparing a place for me there.
  • How do I love Thee? Let me count the ways.
Blessings
Larry


 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Thought for July 19

History: 1553: Lady Jane Gray deposed after 9 days 1692: 5 people hung during Salem Witch Trials 1848: First women's rights convention -Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. Wesleyan Chapel at Seneca Falls NY 1910: Cy Young wins his 500th game 1941: US Army flying school at Tuskegee AL dedicated 1945: USS Cod saves 51 sailors from Dutch sub--only sub-to-sub rescue 1957: Firing of first rocket with nuclear warhead-Nevada 1984: Geraldine Ferraro is first major party female VP candidate 1996: Olympics open in Atlanta 2007: Madmen debuts 2018: Duck Boat sinks in Table Rock Lake killing 17 Born: Samuel Colt, Edgar Degas [painter], Lizzie Borden, Charles Mayo [Mayo Clinic], George McGovern, Al Haig, George Hamilton IV, Vikki Carr, Ilie Nastase, Stuart Scott, Benedict Cumberbatch,  Died: Syngman Rhee [President South Korea], Clyde Beatty [circus animal trainer], Mary Jo Kopechne [passenger with Ted Kennedy], Jack Warden, Frank McCourt [Angela's Ashes], James Garner, Garry Marshall
Read more

Thought for November 23, 2023

Happy Thanksgiving!  1664: Blaise Pascal is converted following a vision. He wrote the date and time of his conversion and said, "Fire. The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob. Not of philosophers and intellectuals. Certitude, certitude, joy, peace. The God of Jesus Christ." Laid the foundation for the law of probabilities; genius in hydrodynamics and hydrostatics developing Pascal's principle of pressure; taught the experience of God through the heart rather than reason; mathematician and philosopher. 1783: Annapolis Maryland becomes U.S. Capitol until June 1784 1863: Patent for making color photographs granted 1889: First jukebox debuts in Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco 1897: Pencil sharpener patented 1904: Summer Olympics in St. Louis close [1st Olymics in U.S.] 1921: President Harding signs an Act prohibiting doctors from prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes 1923: Cecil B. DeMille's first "The Ten Commandments" premiers
Read more

Thought for April 5, 2024

1722: Easter Island discovered 1792: First Presidential veto 1815: Mt. Tambora erupts. Largest eruption ever witnessed. Created year without summer in 1816--frost and snow in North America in June and July. Largest part of eruption on April 10th. Killed 10,000 in initial blast.  1906: Mt. Vesuvius erupts killing 100 1923: Firestone begins producing inflatable tires 1936: Tupelo almost completely destroyed by a tornado--216 die 1972: Baseball strike costs 86 games 2063: On "Star Trek", earth has its first contact with the Vulcan species Born: Thomas Hobbes, Joseph Lister, Booker T Washington, Spencer Tracy, Bette Davis, Gregory Peck, Arthur Hailey. Gale Storm, Frank Gorshin, Colin Powell, Pharrell Williams Died: Robert Raikes [Sunday School], Douglas MacArthur, Howard Hughes, Abe Fortas, Sam Walton, Allen Ginsberg, Saul Bellow, Charlton Heston, Honor Blackman Thought: Reading Daniel 1:5-7 this morning. Continuing with the thoughts about Nebuchadnezzar's plan. Having brough
Read more