Endures All Things

Love... endures all things. 1 Corinthians 13:4ff

I came across that verse in a devotional late last night.

First of all, thank you to all of you for the prayers. My cousin was found and all I know is that she is home safe. I don't know any other details yet.

Love... endures all things. It's a bad time of year, as I've been saying. The past is there- I said to myself today, "After October 10th, this year, you WILL have 6 weeks that follow which you remember. You WILL have a great fall break. You WILL enjoy the autumn weather. You WILL succeed because love WILL endure."

Love.... endures all things. I was wiped last night. It was an emotionally taxing day. And about 9:00, I was ready to call it quits and head to bed. But I got a phone call shortly after inviting me to come play Pictionary. I came really close to saying, "Ha... Yeah... I'll come and fall asleep." But I said I'd make an appearance. They begged me to play, so I did. Needless to say, I had a lot of laughs, and others had a lot of laughs at my expense. I was totally out of it! One example, I thought the card said Ramona. So I was trying to draw Ramona and Beezus from Beverly Cleary's book. My team wasn't getting it, and then someone noticed on the other team, that I misread the card. It said, "Aroma." Not Ramona.

Love... endures all things. It endures and makes friendships hang on. I love little "run-ins"- where you meet a friend, say, in passing on the sidewalk and you end up chatting for a long period of time. I had two of them tonight. And I'm going to Skype with another friend a bit later.

Love.... endures all things. Many said, "There's no way Dylan can make it through student teaching 1. His health is so poor, he can't physically or emotionally handle the pressure." Well, I'm here to tell you, if you ever believed or said that, you were wrong. I never for a second doubted that I could do this. And I am four school days away from saying, "I did it. Look at me know. I'm chasing my dreams. Love is enduring."

Love... endures all things. I'm not on a depressed downward slope, and there is no WAY what happened last year would happen again. Last year I had a list longer than my arm of pressures and problems in my life. I'm not saying they're gone- most are, some remain, and some new ones have arrived. But the way I feel right now compared to the way I felt to the days leading up to my body shutting down is like night and day different. I am confident. I am strong. I am happy. I am in control. Love endured through those months of nightmare last year, and love will always endure.

Because love comes from God, and His love endures all things.