For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. - John 3:16

For the Lord loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. . . - Psalm 37:28

I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me. - Proverbs 8:17

This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. – 1 John 4:9-11
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. - Proverbs 17:17

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, 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. . .And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. - excerpts from 1 Corinthians 13:4-13
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lovelovelovelovelove.
i can't get it off my mind!!
my mind is on the verge of exploding these days, with thoughts and questions coming in and out of my head as fast as i can process them! but one thing that has consistently been on my mind is God and his love for us, and our love for each other.
it's stressful to have questions and concerns all the time, but i've also been really excited these days. my future is a huge question mark at the moment. i know adults always love saying "you're just a kid! you've got TONS of time to figure everything out!!", but in the next week i have to find out/decide if (i can/should) take classes at moorpark in the fall, if it's even possible for me to graduate highschool in two years with my AA, if i should combine my junior and senior years into one year, graduating with my brother in 2010, and what all the pros and cons of doing all that would be.
whoa.
as of right now, i want to go to Joshua up at Hume Lake, but the thought of graduating in '11, and then going to Joshua for a year while everyone else in my class is going off to colleges scares me!
i don't know. i think Joshua would open up tons of doors for me in the future, but getting there is a terrifyingly daunting thought. anyways, back to loving others...haha, i think going to Joshua would be such a good thing for me, learning in a God-centered environment would be so cool! and it would make showing Gods love to others so much easier because everyone around me would be in the same mindset!
on that note, though, i don't want to go to Joshua just for that. i should be surrounded/surrounding others with that same mindset of love already! :)
i don't know if i make sense. probably not, but i'm just as confused as you probably are. i
t's hard to know that God knows my plan and i know i don't!
eeeek!