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LOVELY LOVE!!!!!

I'm posting this a bit early, but I wanted to give people time to think things up.

This is quoted a lot, I know. But this verse is worth being quoted a lot.

4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.

Ahem, well ahh…. due to the fact that I haven’t been able to talk to the other mods for a little while, we don’t have a sermon made up for you guys this Wednesday. I’m very sorry for that. Things may be slow for a little while since school and all that is coming back, but we will have sermons whenever we have the time to write them.

So, since we don’t have a sermon made up for you guys, I was thinking (I hope it’s a good idea) that we could all discuss something that is so special, so key to life. I was thinking we could all share our own life miracles with a mostly forgotten emotion (or should I say the least discussed emotion.). That awesome emotion is love. I’m sure you guys are bored as hell listening to us mods discuss our own stories and how to combat evil and all that, so how about we all discuss love and our own testimonies with it? How about we honor those who made a difference for us through love? I don’t know about you guys, but I personally get sick of listening to all the horrors and the evil people go through on the news and in the newspaper. Why don’t people discuss and share their stories of love (especially the love of the Lord)? Isn’t that what God made us with (meaning, isn’t that what motivated Him to make us?)? I’m a love nut, I can’t get enough of it, and I can’t get enough of sharing it. I love love heart . I know I’m not the only one here. Lots of people keep saying that the world is a horrible place, that people are so wicked, it seems people just forget about love. So…yeah. If you want to share your testimonies of love (any form of it, though as said above, especially the love of the Lord Jesus), please come in and share it.

I’ll be honoring a few people that I’ve already honored in my other sermons, but hey, you can’t honor somebody enough if they continue to make a difference.

I’ll start.

I could go on and on about the people I love. I really could. But I’ll just share with you my testimonies of the people closest in my life.

I’d like to share with you stories I have that show the love of my immediate family. There are 7 of us in my family (six kids and one mom) and like all families; we’ve been through a lot. I tell you, there are no words for how much I love them. No words. Life is better because of them. Christ/God is the only being you can count on FOREVER to help you out, but when it comes to humans you can count on, you can count on your family. I know that there are dysfunctional families in this world, lots of them, but that doesn’t mean that families aren’t some of the closest people in this universe. I’ve always been about to count on them, and they’ve always been able to count on me. When my mom needs money, my sister, Kat (she’s in the picture in my sig), gives it to her without asking for anything back. She was the one who said to me. “Hey, do you know about how much Christ loves you?” which made me believe in our savior. When I ask my bro Thomas if I can play his X-box, he doesn’t go off the top because I’m playing his games, he lets me play. We have the greatest times playing video games together, Thomas and I (especially Halo and Tekken and various Mario games, which we haven’t played in forever! Years…must….get….Nintendo…again) Thomas is always willing to help out. He’s also got brute strength, so he can protect us (which he has. My sister Kat has avoided danger from other people thanks to him) My brother Ben has never relented whenever he and I discussed Jesus before I came to Christ (we’d fight each other all the time, but he never gave in [He was Christian long before I was] nor did he let me just ignore the evidence he brought to the table) My bro Jesse, a real pervert (just kidding, by the way. He and I joke around like that a lot. I call him a pervert, and he calls me either fat or a moron. The wanker) has taught me how to crack jokes whenever I think one up. Our humor is WAY different from each other (he gets all cursy and perverted [hence, why I call him that] while I try to keep it clean and more based around dorkiness)
My sister Whitney, though we’ve have our fare share of fights and bad experiences, are getting along pretty well right now. Sure, things still come up, like how we fight over religion (she’s a Scientologists [I have a great dislike for that religion] and I’m Christian [which she also resents]) but we are buds and we love each other very much. My mommy, my gosh, she is so strong and caring. She had to raise 6 kids by herself, and I know we weren’t always easy, and she survived! She didn’t give in! She does whatever she can for us! The love there is just….wow…nothing short of the love of God can beat that. Of course, those are only a few examples (some of which were petty in comparison to others, but I was only telling you a few examples). The list goes ON AND ON! My family is dear.

My friend, Jay, is one of the coolest guys I’ve ever met. It’s always a blast to talk to him and to joke a round with him. Funny, we’ve gone to two different schools together. The first school we didn’t know each other in, but we still went at the same time. We both HATE that school xp . The second school we’re still going to currently. That’s where we met. We can talk about anything (besides girls and boys, and all those cooties) for hours. He’s a Jehovah’s Witness, but that makes no difference. He and I sometimes debate our religions, but it’s always in a respectful way. I’m very glad God brought him into my life.

My friend Leah, one of the biggest dorks ever, and she and I have been friends for years. Like Jay, we can talk about anything. Sure, we shy away from subjects like girls and boys (you know, all those cooties) but when it comes to books, movies, and everyday life, we can talk for a long time. I love that! She’s very charismatic, and I love her very much as a dear friend.

My neighbors, Solomon, his wife, and their children (who are just so CUTE!), are also very dear to me. They are from Sudan (If you don’t know where that is, it’s a country in Africa near Egypt) and they don’t speak much English, but they’re still a gas to be around. You all know my testimony, and the racist thoughts that plagued me. My neighbors are Christian, and they were a constant reassurance of the fact that God loves ALL people. They were kind, sweet, funny, goofy, you name all the good qualities of a person, they were it when I needed it. They don’t even speak English well (which is the only language I know) and they were just great people to me. How wonderful is God’s love there?

My Church, Denver Community Church, was very key to me starting a relationship with Christ. My pastor, Frank, was (and still) always has the funniest, likable, influential sermons to share with people. I showed a few of you some of his sermons after I found them recorded on the church’s site. I hope you guys liked them as much I as I did. They’re always a lot better when you’re there, which I was for each sermon I showed to you guys. Love is heavily present whenever I go to that church.

My grandmahas always had the best intentions for my family. She is AWESOME to be around. She was the reason my brother Ben became Christian, which later caused me to look up God. My granny is stubborn, but in a good way. She’s so stubborn on not letting those who don’t believe in God in my family go to Hell. It’s very admirable. Do I need to say that I love her?

My spiritual bros and sisses on Gaia are so high on my list of people I really care about it’s kinda strange. I mean, the people I’ve grown to love with every inch of my being like Gini and Lala and everyone here at the First Gaian Christian Church could be lying to me (I know that they’re not for a FACT, but I’m just saying that since I don’t know them in person and only on the internet, there’s always that caution) I don’t care that I don’t know them in person. I LOVE THEM!!!!!!! You know about the four spiritual sisters on Gaia who made a difference for me, and I tell you the truth, I love them so much I could puke. All of them showed me Christ and His ever-lasting love. One sister (you know who you are because I told you this over PM) let God work through her to save my life! I was dead! But I’m not, thanks to her love. Miles separate us, but the love is intoxicating still. It breaks my heart sometimes that I know that my sisters who made a difference in my life on Gaia, I may never meet here on earth, or that I may not know them long, but what we got is worth it anyhow. All of you here at the Church have encouraged me to continue to write sermons, which I learned is what I want to do in my life. Here I go again, I love you ALL!!!

I’ve never had a romantic relationship. I’ve never been kissed, I’ve never hugged anyone with romantic feelings backing it up, and I’ve never known what it’s like to have a partner. I had a girl friend once, but that was a childhood thing. It’s nowhere near the same. I find myself craving that type of love more and more each day. I don’t mean that in any sexual sense (though of course I do have sexual attractions and I do lust, though I do whatever I can to fight that) but only in the romantic way. I’ve fallen in love with people, and I’ve been rejected God knows how many times. It gets discouraging, no doubt. But you know what? I know God will bring me to the woman of my dreams someday. I know He’ll bring me to my spouse. I know that someday, I will be able to love somebody romantically for the rest of my days. I know that I will have a wife who I can run the household with, provide for our family with, somebody I can come home to and say, “Hey, I love you!” and then kiss passionately. I can’t wait for that. I know I’m not perfect, I know my wife won’t be perfect, but that doesn’t matter! God’s love always prevails.

I got lots more loving things to share, but I won’t go on. Except for the most important love ever.

The strongest, most powerful love EVER is the Love of Christ. You can all relate with me here. Christ’s love has changed me, saved me, and gave me things I never knew I had. He let me know of the wrong I was doing in life, He never falls short for me, and He’s ALWAYS there. ALWAYS. That will never change. Never!!!! God has given me life (as he has for all of you) He’s given me hope! He’s given me EVERYTHING I’ll ever need, which is love. That’s what I want to run on, and through Him, I can! Love, man, love!!!

Woah! Ok, I’m gonna stop there. I hope you all are willing to share your testimonies of love.

I guess this wasn't a good idea after all. sweatdrop

Katherine, it's so cool that you showed up!!! Come join us!! Make an avatar and jump right in, the water's great!!! Nice to meet you!!!