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To my Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee. If ever wife was happy in a man, Compare with me, ye women, if you can. I prize thy love more than whole Mines of gold Or all the riches that the East doth hold. My love is such that Rivers cAnneot quench, Nor ought but love from thee give recompetence. Thy love is such I can no way repay. The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray. Then while we live, in love let's...

The Dutch artist Jan Vermeer painted “The Love Letter” around 1670 but the mood is timeless and so appropriate for Valentine’s Day….capturing that glorious moment of surrender to the magic of loving and being loved….

Taxpayers are unlucky in love this Valentine’s Day. Of an identified $17 billion in Valentine’s Day related spending on candy, flowers, dinner, jewelry, greetings cards, clothing, and hotels, government composes 33.14 percent of those costs—approximately $5.6 billion in revenues. But how does government love thee? Let us tax the ways…. This year’s average Valentine’s Day spending is estimated to be $126.03 a person, an 8 percent increase in spending since last year. Valentine’s Day spending is subject to income taxes, payroll taxes, corporate income taxes, and other taxes on business activity. Government then includes additional fees, excise taxes, and international...

Muslims told Valentine’s Day can invoke wrath of God KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 — An invitation “to be my Valentine” on February 14 is against Islamic beliefs and would incur the wrath of Allah, Muslims were told today in the official Friday sermon prepared by the federal government. The sermon warned Muslims against celebrating Valentine’s Day, which the federal Islamic authorities claimed was in breach of the tenets of their religion. In the text of a sermon provided by the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) titled “Awas jerat Valentine” (Beware Valentine’s trap), Muslims were told that asking someone to...

What is your favorite romance movie? This might seem a bit odd coming from me, but there it is. 2nd question--how do I change my tagline??

Just got that in my email. beautiful! Pam's Story In a recent email, I read about a woman named Pam, who knows the pain of considering abortion. More than 24 years ago, she and her husband Bob were serving as missionaries to the Philippines and praying for a fifth child. Pam contracted amoebic dysentery, an infection of the intestine caused by a parasite found in contaminated food or drink. She went into a coma and was treated with strong antibiotics before they discovered she was pregnant. Doctors urged her to abort the baby for her own safety and told her...

If elected in November, Love would be the first black Republican woman in Congress and Utah's first black representative. She said she would join the Congressional Black Caucus in Washington, D.C., should she win. "Yes, yes. I would join the Congressional Black Caucus and try to take that thing apart from the inside out," she said.

To all, GOD BLESS US ALL!! Just a message to think about! Life unravels at it's time. No one can stop time fully, whether they believe in GOD or not. We are all given different talents, different facilities, and different thoughts. Yet , not very different, because we can always find a "group" of people or at least another person on this earth that believe in what we believe. There is someone for everyone. So, we are all not completely that different. There are many systems in this world created by humans to validate what they believe and they think...

To all, GOD BLESS US ALL!! Just a message to think about! Life unravels at it's time. No one can stop time fully, whether they believe in GOD or not. We are all given different talents, different facilities, and different thoughts. Yet , not very different, because we can always find a "group" of people or at least another person on this earth that believe in what we believe; there is someone for everyone. So, we are all not completely that different. There are many systems in this world created by humans to validate what they believe and they think...

The 2012 presidential election is in full swing. The Republicans have lined up to vote for whomever they think shares their values and will beat Barack Obama. There is a large segment of the Republican base known as social conservatives and the “Religious Right.” Often these Christian voters focus on issues like abortion, gay marriage, prayer in schools, etc. However, Christians should also focus on more foreign policy issues, like war and peace, international development, and conflict zones. Christian ethics necessarily means that they have to reject certain international relations concepts, like realism and isolationism. Realism holds that all that...

To all, GOD BLESS US ALL!! We are the clay and can never tell the potter ( GOD) what to do. But we can always request through prayer. May we HIS holy name in and through all things. Judge no one to finality but hold believers accountable of the gospel we serve. Some on this earth are born to be examples of HIS power. Be careful of what you assume. Please pray the LORD's PRAYER and please read:

Believers! Let's be doers of the WORD! Showing the love and the joy that surpasses all understanding. To be believers of the WORD, we must be doers of the WORD. Showing the difference from the " old man" ( who we were) and the " new man" (who we are in faith). Be doers of the WORD. Love on another: Please pray the LORD's PRAYER and please read:

TO ALL, GOD BLESS US ALL! Praise GOD from whom all blessings flow! Praise HIM all creatures here and below! Praise HIM above all heavenly hosts! Praise FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST!! AMEN!! ( remember that youth choir song. LOL!! yes, I changed it very little. An angel was playing it while I was reading the word of the day. LOL!! :).

GOD BLESS US ALL!! Worship GOD with all your heart. Put nothing before GOD. Nothing. Trust in GOD before you trust in man. Please pray the LORD's PRAYER and please read:

Believe, live, read, and we shall receive.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Love to all in the Holy Precious name of JESUS CHRIST!! Jesus warns us, " they deny me, they will deny you!". Believers that love the LORD should expect ridicule, rejection, and inspection from people that dont believe in HIM or HIS LOVE!! It should not be a surprise. It all takes time or some may never come. Its all about what GOD wants. Please read below:

Happy New Year ( for those that celebreate it!). Love one another no matter what you think you know or dont know about them. Only GOD knows all things. We can only assume. Assumption is guessing upon things we may have seen on or about someone at a specific time and place. This can all change at GOD's will the next second. On this NEW YEAR ( again for those that celebrate), new minute, new day, new second, etc..... may we all have a new way of thinking and start loving one another. We all are going through various things...

Believers! Let us always remember to edify one another so that we can be stronger in love towards one another. Love to all in the Holy Precious Name of JESUS CHRIST!

HE is the sacrifice!! Let's spread HIS HOLY NAME through reading, believing, and living HIS word and will in our daily lives. Showing the world how it is to walk in HIS LOVE and not shaken by anything. Be the peculiar joy in this world for HE is victorious!!

This story tears the heart out. Jenni Lake gave birth to her son, Chad Michael Lake, on November 9, 2011, in Pocatello, Idaho. She won’t make it to his first birthday. She didn’t make it to her 18th birthday. She died 12 days after he was born, from the brain cancer that doctors told her she had more than a year earlier. Rather than accept treatment which may have endangered her baby, Jenni Lake decided against treating her cancer. I am sure that she died happy because she followed God’s plan. Her father recalled when Jenni Lake, then 16, was...

Love everyone as Jesus tells us!! Never forget HIS love in our lives!! Let's live this love that has changed and still changing our lives. Praise HIS HOLY NAME by trying to daily live the same.

RICH and POOR!! Spiritually and physically rich and poor. Who is really rich and who is really poor before GOD?

LET's SHOW LOVE TO PEOPLE THIS DAY and EVERY DAY!! GOD BLESS US ALL!

Let us never forget the love!! Though GOD may test us, let's never forget!!

Let us never forget the love!! Though GOD may test us, let's never forget!!

May we never forget GOD! His wisdom, love, grace, mercy, peace, forgiveness, honesty, and humility. As well as HIS rebuking, reproofing, and correction through HIS WORD! LOVE TO ALL!

GOD BLESS US ALL! PASSAGE TO READ! Thoughts of inspiration!!LOVE ONE ANOTHER!

President Obama's former shadow, so-called body man Reggie Love, now has a new job in the spotlight: promoting his former boss's re-election campaign. What's more, he's telling secrets. As in urging supporters to hurry up and enter the $3 raffle for a campaign dinner with Obama and first lady Michelle Obama. He calls the event a rare and special moment that any presidential fan should jump at a chance at. [Read: Lunch With Rummy $9,995 More Than Obama] "You should know this practically never happens," he writes in a campaign E-mail we just received. "While Barack wants to do these...

ITHACA, N.Y. December 20, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A study conducted at Cornell University has found that young couples are not marrying because they fear the ravages of divorce. The study, “The Specter of Divorce: Views from Working and Middle-Class Cohabitors,” is published in the journal Family Relations (December 2011) and is co-authored by Sharon Sassler, Cornell professor of policy analysis and management, and Dela Kusi-Appouh, a Cornell doctoral student in the field of development sociology. “Young Americans increasingly express apprehension about their ability to successfully manage intimate relationships. Partially in response, cohabitation has become normative over the past few decades,”...

THINK ABOUT YOUR WALK WITH HIM EVEYDAY and EVERY NIGHT!1

TO,ALL!! PLEASE PRAY, READ, and PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION AT YOUR LEISURE!!

“I will betroth you to me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in love and compassion. I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will acknowledge the LORD.” — Hosea 2:19-20 At times, it is difficult to read through portions of the Hebrew Bible (what Christians call the Old Testament) — in particular, the words of the prophets. Repeatedly, men like Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, and others conveyed messages of warning, judgment, and dire consequences if God’s people did not turn from their sinful ways and obey Him. At times, such messages of judgment can obscure the...

November, many of us Americans may reflect on Thanksgiving. It is the quintessential American holiday. English pilgrims, seeking religious freedom, boarded the Mayflower at Plymouth, England to go west - crossing the Atlantic. And they landed at Cape Cod (Massachusetts) on Plymouth Rock in 1620. Half did not survive the winter. But with the providential help of Squanto from the Wampanoag tribe, the pilgrims cultivated the land and forged an alliance with the Native Americans - one that would last for more than 50 years. In 1621, the pilgrims celebrated the harvest with a feast - considered America's first Thanksgiving...

Anita Perry, the 59-year-old wife of Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry, has been very actively campaigning for him on her own all fall. Now, she's taken on a new assignment. Mrs. Perry has launched an online drive to recruit hundreds of volunteers for what she calls the Perry Strike Force. This would consist of Perry fans who would travel to Iowa and work across the state Jan. 2-4, getting out Perry caucus-goers to the hundreds of meeting sites on the evening of Jan. 3. (Don't worry, the BCS Championship Game is not until Jan. 9 this time.) "With over 1,700...

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This is something we should think about daily and nightly!! LOVE TO ALL in the HOLY PRECIOUS NAME OF JESUS CHRIST!

This is something we should think about daily and nightly!! LOVE TO ALL in the HOLY PRECIOUS NAME OF JESUS CHRIST!

To all, Love to all people!! This message I send to believers in GOD or not. Today and everyday, may you all think on how you treat one another and yourselves. Do you treat people the way you want to be treated? Do you people to do more than you yourself would want to be asked to do?? Do you have the same patience for others in their learning that you want or wanted in your times of your learning?? Do you support people that do what you wanted to do before you actually do it?? Or do you put...

My love for you is unending and in this same manner I AM calling you to "ALL" move together "AS ONE" ! Use "MY" Love for there is ~Grace~ there !!! 1 Corinthians 4 1SO THEN, let us [apostles] be looked upon as ministering servants of Christ and stewards (trustees) of the mysteries (the secret purposes) of God. 2Moreover, it is [essentially] required of stewards that a man should be found faithful [proving himself worthy of trust]. 3But [as for me personally] it matters very little to me that I should be put on trial by you [on this point],...

I desire to see My Bride dressed in all the beauty I have adorned her in "That is ME" ! So Come ! Play and abide in the garden for I delight in you yes ! But I desire earnestly for you to walk and dance in the fruit of My Tree of Life but not just one fruit or leaf but in the fullness of ALL I have for you . So come and abide with Me and devour and drink drink Me in for I AM this Fullness. Refresh your WellSpring in My River and pant no more...

<p>As Herman Cain continues to face intense questioning about sex harassment allegations, some have wondered whether his wife, Gloria, will come forward to make a statement of support.</p>

First Lady Michelle Obama told two audiences at Democratic fundraising events on Tuesday that the justices her husband appointed to the Supreme Court will protect the right to “love whomever we choose.” She also said these justices would protect “privacy”—presumably a reference to the “right to privacy” the court invoked in the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United States. “Let’s not forget what it meant when my husband appointed those two brilliant Supreme Court justices,

Those who serve in our Armed Forces deal with challenges and difficulties on a daily basis. Sometimes the challenge is not in dealing with what lies ahead, but what they left behind. We first became aware of Zoe, an adorable 4 year old Pekingese, while scrolling through the pages of an area animal rescue site. Our two dogs came to us from the same organization, and we check from time to time to see information on animals they are helping. Zoe's human mom and dad were having to give her up. Mom had served in the Army Military Police, and...

ADVANCE YOUR WORSHIP TO ADVANCE IN ME( JESUS) ! I desire to see an advance in your worship for Me to advance you in My spirit , for as My Word I inhabit the praises of My people but it is in your true worship of Me that I move and dwell and you have "My being" as Samuel and David , for they knew Me "AS ONE" and it is in this oneness I desire for you to inhabit , Yeah ~ " Dwell " . So be as little children and as My spirit moves you " DO...

Copyright story. Short synopsis follows: DES MOINES, Iowa -- An Iowa couple who was married for 72 years died one hour apart last week in the hospital as they held hands. Read more: http://www.kcci.com/news/29528191/detail.html#ixzz1bFAabX00

“A la tarde de la vida te examinarán en el amor. At the end of your life, you will be judged on love.” St. John of the Cross “Love is the fundamental relation of God to the world. … In a chain of acts of love, man strives for the highest end.” St. Thomas Aquinas Both St. John of the Cross and St. Thomas Aquinas teach that each human being is created to love; that the perfection of man’s intellect, will, and emotions is in direct proportion to the deliberate direction of these powers by the human soul to the...

Tell your kids every day that you love them. Great heartwarming story about the bond and love between a father and son. Especially meaningful in today's media culture as this is a strong and Faithful black family.

Obama Makes Plea to ‘Pass This Bill’ 100-Plus Times In six speeches during the course of seven days, President Obama has hammered home his call for Congress to act on his $447 billion jobs plan, saying some version of the phrase “pass this bill” more than 100 times. The president repeated the rallying cry 18 times in his speech to Congress, another 18 times at his stop in Richmond, Va., 12 times in his Rose Garden address, 18 times in Columbus, Ohio., 24 times in Raleigh, N.C., and 12 times at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Gala in Washington, D.C.,...

A South Carolina megachurch pastor has chosen to press through the awkwardness and talk about what an increasing number of churches have been addressing from the pulpit – sex. Pastor Perry Noble of NewSpring Church made it clear to his congregation that when it comes to sex, the church has a lot to learn. "Let's just be honest. Sexual immorality is in the house," he told his congregation, adding that he has seen sexual immorality at each of the three churches he has served. "We can't get mad at people that aren't Christians because they act like they're not Christians....

The great news is; there is within the coping strategies site, a pearl of very great price. And this Be Still exercise is being used and growing rapidly within the ranks of the military. It is saving many lives that would have otherwise lived in despair and often ended in suicide. All can hear the exercise right on their front page at no charge. Let's all pitch in though to keep them funded. All activists! We need this centering exercise to fight the leftist that have captured our nation. We need to fight without resentment...you know, that motivating irritation about...