Thought for December 6, 2024

  • 1735: First recorded appendectomy 
  • 1768: First edition of Encyclopedia Brittanica is published
  • 1849: Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery for the second and final time
  • 1865: 13th Amendment ratified abolishing slavery
  • 1876: First crematorium in the US opens
  • 1877: Thomas Edison records himself saying "Mary had a little lamb"
  • 1877: Washington Post publishes first issue
  • 1884: Aluminum capstone placed on Washington Monument
  • 1947: Everglades National Park dedicated
  • 1961: Ernie Davis is first black to win the Heisman
  • 1973: Gerald Ford sworn-in as first unelected Vice-President
  • 1992: Jerry Rice catches his 101st touchdown pass--NFL record
  • 2006: NASA reveals photos of Mars suggesting the presence of liquid water on the planet
  • 2017: President Trump recognizes Jerusalem as capital of Israel
  • 2018: Derrick Henry rushes for 288 years and 4 touchdowns
  • Born: Agnes Moorhead, Andrew Cuomo, Baby Face Nelson, Ira Gershwin, Otto Graham Giannis Antetokounmpo
  • Died: Saint Nicholas [343 AD], Jefferson Davis, Lead Belly, Honus Wagner, Roy Orbison, 
Thought:
Yesterday, we were considering what love is not or what things are not really love if done for the wrong reasons or motives. Today, look at these familiar verses about love: 1 Corinthians 13:4-10.

Love is:
  • Patient
  • Kind
  • Humble
  • Rejoices in truth
  • Bears all things
  • Believes all things
  • Hopes all things
  • Endures all things
  • Never fails
Love is not:
  • Jealous
  • Selfish
  • Vengeful
  • Easily provoked
  • Pleased with evil
We could spend some time on each of these statements, but we have all heard the sermons and studied this passage. We all know what love is--and if we ever have doubts, we look to the perfect specimen, the perfect example--Jesus. Usually reading these verses makes me think of a hymn, but today I am thinking about a song from Foreigner--"I Want to Know What Love Is." The chorus says, "I wanna know what love is, I want you to show me. I wanna know what love is, I know you can show me." Do you wanna know what love is--Jesus shows us. Patient, kind, humble, our hope, enduring to the end, never failing. Forgiving, and bearing all our sins. Wanna know what love is--King Jesus. So now the hymn--"Love lifted me, love lifted me, when nothing else would help, love lifted me."

Blessings
Larry

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