Praise Be....

Praise be to his glorious name forever; may the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.

Psalms 72:19

Rejoicing over one of our Hidden Stars

Rejoice in all good things the Lord your God has given to you. Deuteronomy 26:11

A small look at the wonderful time Shelbi had on her sweet 16 cruise. From Flying for the 1st time, cruising to the Grand Cayman Islands, then to Ocho Rios, Jamaica and swimming with sting rays, feeding sharks, snorkeling, watching the dolphins, climbing a 600 ft. waterfall, para sailing, jet skiing, swimming in amazingly beautiful ocean waters to playing bingo on the ship, going to elegant dinners, awesome shows at night and lounging in the Caribbean sun. What more could you ask for? An all access card for free sodas!! HA!HA! (She did have one and it was really nice!), indescribable blue waters surrounding you with nothing else in sight! God is so wonderful and He knew just the right place for a perfect birthday for Shelbi. She and I had an exciting yet peaceful trip with much time to share thoughts and feelings without interruptions. A true blessing for both of us to have the opportunity to bond closer. Our expectations were far exceeded! We know that God went before us and made it extra beautiful just for us. That's the kind of God we serve. We were safe, secure and in the midst of perfection the whole trip. With all that said, we just wanted to share with you our rejoicing in the good things God has given to us lately.
Love to you all, Julz and Sheb

The Greatest Is Love

1 Corinthians 1-3

1 If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don't love, I'm nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. 2 If I speak God's Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, "Jump," and it jumps, but I don't love, I'm nothing. 3 If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don't love, I've gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm bankrupt without love.
4 Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. Love doesn't want what it doesn't have. Love doesn't strut, Doesn't have a swelled head, 5 Doesn't force itself on others, Isn't always "me first," Doesn't fly off the handle, Doesn't keep score of the sins of others, 6 Doesn't revel when others grovel, Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, 7 Puts up with anything, Trusts God always, Always looks for the best, Never looks back, But keeps going to the end.
8 Love never dies. Inspired speech will be over some day; praying in tongues will end; understanding will reach its limit. 9 We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete. 10 But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled. 11 When I was an infant at my mother's breast, I gurgled and cooed like any infant. When I grew up, I left those infant ways for good. 12 We don't yet see things clearly. We're squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won't be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We'll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!

13 But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love. (The Message)