Ode to Life

This is just an ode to life. Let me be honest. I am writing this because I'm going to be kicked off my blog since I haven't posted anything in so long. Don't know if there is such a rule, but I'm not taking chances. So I thought I'd give an ode to life.

** Ode to love - and God, who created love, and is the epitome of it - it is so free, so pure, so comforting...

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,
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,
Doesn't revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.
- 1 Corinthians 13, The Message translation of The Bible

** Ode to my children - how loving, how free, how loud, how annoying, but oh how much I need them! They make my life better.

** Ode to coffee - how beautiful is the amber brew, how savory the scent, how delicious the taste, and how wonderful the energy boost!

So many more Odes I could give but I'll spare you for now and submit as is.