You Are There by l.m. amorosi

Heavenly Father

No matter where we go...

You are there.

In the depths of indecision, confusion, uncertainty...

You are there.

When we are lost...

You are there.

When we are lonely...

You are there.

When we reach out...

You are there.

Your forgiveness is always there.

Your arms of love are always there.

You always have been and always will be

THERE.

Thank you Father for being THERE when a Father is just what I needed most.

Love,

Your Daughter

1 Corinthians 13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nQy-aP_Koo

If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I am boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. it does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking. It is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails. But where are are prophecies, they will cease; where are are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is LOVE.

America ~ Freedom of Convictions?

I watched a movie yesterday about cyberbulling. It was on a family channel and it was about teenagers cyberbulling teenagers on a social network site. It got me to thinking that it doesn't end in teenage-hood. A very popular Social Networking site that I thoroughly enjoy has become a place where I have been dropped by friends because I don't agree with their political convictions. I am not allowed to be a Republican/Conservative. I am not allowed to have an opinion against the liberal media or politics. If I want to keep their friendships then I must toe the line and agree with every word they say. I thought the whole idea about America was freedom of thought, expression and speech. I have the right to not agree with the liberal media. I have the right to be a conservative Republican. I have the right to question authority. Isn't that what the 1960's was all about? Question authority? Am I remembering it all wrong?

I loved spending time with those friends. We all loved the same band from the 1970s, we followed them to fan gatherings, heck, I crossed an ocean 3 times for this band ... LOL. While I treasure those memories I realize that friendship was one sided in most of these relationships. I thought they were my friends unconditionally; they thought I could be their friend as long as I agreed with everything they said.

Maybe growing up means growing apart. Maybe realizing what true friendship is can overcome the dismissal of so called friends. Maybe moving on really means moving up.