Valentine's Day

Heartprints

Whatever our hands touch,
We leave fingerprints!
On walls, on furniture,
On doorknobs, dishes, books,
As we touch we leave our identity.

Oh please where ever I go today,
Help me leave heartprints!
Heartprints of compassion,
Of understanding and love
Heartprints of kindness
And genuine concern.

May my heart touch ...
A lonely neighbor
Or a runaway daughter,
Or an anxious mother,
Or, perhaps, a dear friend!

I shall go out today
To leave heartprints,
And if someone should say
"I felt your touch,"

May that one sense be
GOD'S LOVE
Touching through ME.

~ Author Unknown ~

What is Love?

GOD tell us in His Word what real love (charity) is.

1 Corinthians 13
1. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

2. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

3. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

4. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

5. Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

6. Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

7. Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

8. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

9. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

11. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

12. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

13. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

1 Corinthians 13
1.	Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2.	And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
3.	And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
4.	Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5.	Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
6.	Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
7.	Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
8.	Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
9.	For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
11.	When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12.	For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
13.	And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Install Love

Customer Service (CS) Rep:
Yes, Ma'am, how can I help you today?
Customer:
Well, after much consideration, I've decided to install LOVE. Can you guide me through the process?
CS Rep:
Yes, I can help you. Are you ready to proceed?
Customer:
Well, I'm not very technical, but I think I'm ready to install now. What do I do first?
CS Rep:
The first step is to open your HEART. Have you located your HEART ma'am?
Customer:
Yes I have, but there are several other programs running right now. Is it okay to install while they are running?
CS Rep:
What programs are running ma'am?
Customer:
Let's see, the programs I currently have running are:

PAST-HURT.EXE
LOW-ESTEEM.EXE
GRUDGE.EXE
RESENTMENT.COM

CS Rep:
No problem. LOVE will gradually erase PAST-HURT.EXE from your current operating system. It may remain in your permanent memory, but it will no longer disrupt other programs.
LOVE will eventually overwrite LOW-ESTEEM.EXE with a module of its own called HIGH-ESTEEM.EXE.
However, you have to completely turn off GRUDGE.EXE and RESENTMENT.COM. Those programs prevent LOVE from being properly installed. Can you turn those off ma'am?
Customer:
I don't know how to turn them off. Can you tell me how?
CS Rep:
My pleasure. Go to your Start menu and invoke FORGIVENESS.EXE. Do this as many times as necessary until GRUDGE.EXE and RESENTMENT.COM have been completely erased.
Customer:
Okay, done. LOVE has started installing itself automatically. Is that normal?
CS Rep:
Yes. You should receive a message that says it will reinstall for the life of your HEART. Do you see that message?
Customer:
Yes I do. Is it completely installed?
CS Rep:
Yes, but remember that you have only the base program. You need to begin connecting to other HEART's in order to get the upgrades.
Customer:
Oops. I have an error message already. What should I do?
CS Rep:
What does the message say?
Customer:
It says ERROR 412 - PROGRAM NOT RUN ON INTERNAL COMPONENTS. What does that mean?
CS Rep:
Don't worry ma'am, that's a common problem. It means that the LOVE program is set up to run on external HEARTS but has not yet been run on your HEART. It is one of those complicated programming things, but in non-technical terms it means you have to LOVE your own machine before it can LOVE others.
Customer:
So what should I do?
CS Rep:
Can you pull down the directory called SELF-ACCEPTANCE?
Customer:
Yes, I have it.
CS Rep:
Excellent. You're getting good at this.
Customer:
Thank you.
CS Rep:
You're welcome. Click on the following files and then copy them to the MYHEART directory:

FORGIVE-SELF.DOC
REALIZE-WORTH.TXT
ACKNOWLEDGE-LIMITATIONS.DOC.

The system will overwrite any conflicting files and begin patching any faulty programming. Also, you need to delete VERBOSE-SELF-CRITIC.EXE from all directories, and then empty your recycle bin afterwards to make sure it is completely gone and never comes back.
Customer:
Got it. Hey My HEART is filling up with new files. SMILE.MPG is playing on my monitor right now and it shows that PEACE.EXE, and CONTENTMENT.COM are copying themselves all over my HEART. Is this normal?
CS Rep:
Sometimes. For others it takes a while, but eventually everything gets downloaded at the proper time. So, LOVE is installed and running. You should be able to handle it from here. One more thing before I go.
Customer:
Yes?
CS Rep:
LOVE is freeware. Be sure to give it and its various modules to everybody you meet. They will in turn share it with other people and they will return some similarly cool modules back to you.
Customer:
I will. Thanks for your help. By the way, what's your name?
CS Rep:
You can call me the Divine Cardiologist, also known as The Great Physician, but most call me God. Most people feel all they need is an annual check-up to stay heart-healthy, but the manufacturer (Me) suggests a schedule of daily maintenance for maximum efficiency. Put another way ...
KEEP IN TOUCH!

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