The Greatest of These is LOVE

And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. 

1 Corinthians 13:13

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Compare and See

Zechariah:

Written between 520 and 480 B.C.

Says: Chapter 11: 12-14 {Then I said, "If you want to pay me, pay me. If not, then don't." So they paid me thirty pieces of silver.

The Lord said to me, "Throw the money to the potter." That is how little they thought I was worth. (about the price paid for a slave) So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the Temple of the Lord.

Then I broke the second stick, named Union, to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.}

Now doesn't this sound familiar? Let's travel to between 50 and 70 A.D. In the book of Matthew.

Chapter 27: 3-10 { Judas, the one who had given Jesus to his enemies, saw that they had decided to kill Jesus. Then he was very sorry for what he had done. So he took the thirty silver coins had done. So he took the thirty silver coins back to the priests and the leaders, saying, "I have sinned; I handed over to you an innocent man."

The leaders answered, "What is that to us? That's your problem, not ours."

So Judas threw the money into the Temple.

Then he went off and hanged himself.

The leading priests picked up the silver coins in the Temple and said, "Our law does not allow us to keep this money with the Temple money, because it has paid for a man's death." So they decided to use the coins to buy Potter's Field as a place to bury strangers who died in Jerusalem. That is why that field is still called the Field of Blood. So what Jeremiah the prophet had said came true: "They took thirty silver coins. That is how little the Israelites thought he was worth. They used those thirty silver coins to buy the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me."}

Not only had it been said in Jeremiah, but also in Zechariah!

Did you think that the Pharisees bought Potter's Field because it was written in the scriptures? I can bet that the scriptures did not pass their mind during that moment. They were excellent teachers of the law but they were thinking of a useful way to use the money, but they did not know that they were fulfilling the prophecies.

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Your Beautiful Child

You look at me and say, you are my beautiful child and I love you. 

You look past my wrongs and my mistakes. 

You tell me that there is still hope and a way.

 You encourage me and support me to do what is right and give me the wisdom and strength to know and avoid what is wrong. 

when I am weary and stressed and want to give up, 

you tell me to just throw all that is wearing me out at you and you pick 

me up on your shoulders and carry me the rest of the way. 

You are my real Father and you never abandon me or ignore me. 

You know what is best for me. 

You tell me that I will go through some really tough times, 

but through those times, 

to never doubt you for you always have the best plan for me and you are waiting for the right time to put it to action. 

You care about me and love me and I know this.

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You are Precious to Me and I Love You

Now this is what the Lord says.

He created you, people of Jacob;

he formed you, people of Israel.

He says, "Don't be afraid, because I have saved you.

I have called you by name, and you are mine. (Isaiah 43:1)

Now Jacob(Israel) was a cheater his whole life. He cheated his father, his brother, and his uncle. But this is what the Lord says:

"Because you are precious to me,

because I will give you honour and love you," (Isaiah 43:4)

Isn't that amazing?! After cursing the Lord, after blaming him for all our problems that we have created, we are still precious in his sight and he loves us. ♥

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Happy Birthday Mommy!

So it's another year that you're going through,

and as you're going through it you are growing in wisdom, spirit, and sadly, age.

But don't be disappointed mother,

God has been using you throughout your years and each year, He's been preparing you

to do the work that He has planned for you.

I believe that one of His plans was to raise up godly children, 

and I can say that you have done a very good job at that. 

I thank you for bringing me up in the Lord and without your help, 

I don't know where I'd be in life. 

I wouldn't be as happy,

as hopeful,

as compassionate,

as loving,

as kind,

or as serving. 

I would be lost in this world with no knowing what will become of me when I leave this world.

I would be another Lost Sheep.

I believe that God has chosen you to be my mother because

He knew that I would need someone to guide me and teach me about Him

so that I could be used to spread the good news of His grace. 

He used you to raise up a family that loves Him greatly and will forever be faithful to Him.

He used you to be strong for me and to encourage me to grow in Him.

He used you to help me become wiser, not only in school, but in the world.

So that whenever I have to make a decision, I will know what is the right choice.

He used you to help me live a healthy lifestyle.

If you do not know what the effect you have on my life,

then look at me now and see if you find pleasure in the project that God has given you to create.

You are what has helped me to become who I am now, with the help of the Lord of course.

Look back on the years that you have counselled me and taught me about making right decisions,

how to think right,

how to study right,

how to greet others the right way,

how to be a servant of the Lord and how to serve people,

how to live the right way,

how to act right,

how to be the person that God would like me to be.

Although you may feel like you aren't doing much,

you are actually creating the future.

You are saving my life. 

When I'm older and live alone,

I will not get myself into trouble or into situations that I will regret.

I love you very much mother and you are truly a hero in my life.

You really saved me from what dangers this world could bring to me if I wasn't prepared.

I wish that the years could go by slower so that I could enjoy you more.

You are a role model and I will lead my children in the same way that you lead me.

They will be blessed with an amazing grandmother as I have been greatly blessed with an amazing mother.

You have made such a great impact on me and I just wanted you to know 

what you have done in my life, on your birthday.

So have a blessed and wonderful birthday mommy. 

, Anny

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