Birthday!

simply life...

It's 1st Nov. Another year. Time swiftly moves.
In the year that past, it's been a celebration of sorts.
Just as there is a time for everything, there is a reason for everything.
A reason for every laughter, every tear.
A reason for every joy, every hurt.
A reason for every love, every pain.

I'll never understand somethings, but I don't need to understand.
I put my trust in my God who loves me.
I pray that I may have power to grasp how wide and long,
how high and deep is the love of Christ,
to know this love that surpasses knowledge.

Love is patient and kind.
Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude.
Love does not demand its own way.
Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.
Love does not rejoice about injustice, but rejoices whenever truth wins out.
Love never gives up and never loses faith.
Love is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
... And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.
But the greatest of these is LOVE.

Father I pray that your Love will dwell richly in me.
May the Love of Christ radiate brilliantly from my life.
By your Holy Spirit I ask that fountains of Love will overflow,
into hearts that are lost, hurting and searching.