valentine's day sermon

was on the phone with sr till very late (or should i say early morning) yesterday. well, he wasn't in his tip top mode. so i accompanied him for a chat. he's an enjoyable chat mate, for a matter of fact. although what i spoke of meant nothing most of the time. hehe...

woke up later than usual today. but made it to the church in the end.

the sermon this morning was linked to the up coming valentine's day. it's about love and the way that love should be. the speaker asked us to try to replace "love" with "jesus" for 1 corinthians 13: 4-8. and read it our loud.

so it goes like this:
jesus is patient, jesus is kind. he does not envy, he does not boast, he is not proud. jesus is not rude, he is not selfseeking, he is not easily angered, he keeps no record of wrongs. jesus does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. he always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. jesus never fails.

that, i could read with ease. no problem at all. then, the speaker asked us to replace jesus with our own name and read it out loud.

"evi is patient, evi is kind. she does not envy, she does not boast..." i couldn't go on. was either uttering softly or totally not agreeing to the sentences that i was reading. felt ashamed for a moment.

the sermon goes on saying that love should not be just a feeling. it should be falling in love many times, with the same person, over and over again. both julie and i agreed that it ain't easy. but shall try, at the very least.

later, a women (lynn ol i think) came up stage, to promote about foster parenting kids in indonesia. i found out that it costs as little as 700 rb per year to foster parent a kid. the main purpose of the donation would be for their education. and next week, 100 kids shall be up for adoption. more details shall be explained after the next week's sermon. i hope to foster parent a kid, if i can. but we'll see what happens next week.

music: nice 'n easy - tim tamashiro