Thought for November 11, 2023

Happy Veterans Day! Thank you to all who served. 
  •  1620: Mayflower Compact signed
  • 1647: First compulsory school attendance law in America--Massachusetts
  • 1750: First college fraternity formed in Williamsburg Virginia
  • 1793: William Carey lands in India to begin his missionary career
  • 1807: Washington Irving is the first to associate NYC with Gotham
  • 1865: Mary Edward Walker awarded the Medal of Honor--Army's first female surgeon
  • 1909: Construction of a naval base at Pearl Harbor begins
  • 1918: Armistice Day--11th hour, 11 day, 11th month
  • 1921: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier dedicated
  • 1926: Route 66 established
  • 1933: First great dust storm in the Great Plains
  • 1938: Kate Smith sings "God Bless America" for the first time
  • 1940: Willys unveils the Jeep
  • 1961: "Catch-22 " published
  • 1972: Dow Jones moves above 1,000 for the first time
  • Born: Dostoyevsky, George Patton, Kurt Vonnegut, 
  • Died: Nat Turner, Soren Kierkegaard, David Lipscomb, Typhoid Mary, Alexander Calder, Yasser Arafat
Thought:
Thinking about the truth about love. Back in my youth, there was a song called, "I will follow Him," sung by a 14 year-old named Peggy March. Back then, she was called Little Peggy March. Later Petula Clark sang it and it was a hit in the movie "Sister Act." The music had originally been written by Paul Mauriat who would have an instrumental hit with "Love is Blue." You might recall the lyrics:

I will follow him, follow him wherever he may go and near him, I will always be for nothing can keep me away, he is my destiny

I will follow him, ever since he touched my heart I knew, there isn't an ocean too deep, a mountain so high it can keep, keep me away, away from his love.

I love him! I love him! I love him! and where he goes I'll follow! I'll follow! I'll follow!

Now read 1 John 4:7-21 where I have bracketed and underlined several verses. Here is the real truth about love:

  • God is love. Love originates nowhere else. Anything we call love that does not originate with God is not love.
  • Love is from God. I cannot love unless God gives me love to share.
  • Love is evidence that we know God because there is no place to get love except God.
  • God made love evident by sending Jesus--and by living through Him we experience love and are conduits of love.
  • God loved us first.
  • Faith is believing that God loves us and sent Jesus to pay for our sins.
  • I cannot say God abides in me and I abide in Him unless I love. 
  • There is no fear in love--knowing that God loves us, we have no fear.
  • If we love God, we will love our brothers and sisters. 
Back to Little Peggy March--If I love Him, I will follow Him wherever He leads, wherever He goes--He is my destiny. Nothing can separate me from His love. And knowing that He loves me and I love Him, I can love, no, I must love my brothers and sisters. 

Sounds so simple. Lord help us know Your love and share Your love today.

Blessings
Larry

 

 

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