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Abba, dear Abba, you know
that the language of love
does not come easily to me.
I can talk of courage and faith
and a whole host of other things
more readily than I can of love.
In some ways it is easier
to give my body to be burned
than to love.
O wine of my heart, intoxicate me with your love.
For Jesus sake. – Amen
Richard Foster, 1942-, Quaker theologian and author
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If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
prayer & verse 
May God’s anointing of love fall full and freely upon the people of God at COE. Thanks for these graces. They have carried me along over the past two years and I look forward to continue receiving them.
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