Now these three remain: faith, hope, and love; but the greatest of these is love.
"We choose to look beyond what appears to be to what really is. The world has written many of us off, left us for dead, pushed us aside, and rendered us invisible. But heaven has heard our cries, caught our tears, and whispered our destinies into visions at night that dance across our sleep and wake us with their songs.
And now heaven calls us forth to make real God's unformed dreams in this our until the essence of His beauty crowns the ash heaps of nations and the dawning of His glory chases away even the memory of darkness. The world may never know our names, never seen our faces, but heaven hears our cries. And on this unpaved journey into the heart of our King we are called to become the whisper of His hope, the voice of His truth, and the face of His love.
Eternity has written its story on our hearts. We have only one life to give, so we give it away extravagantly, hilariously, and without reserve. We could not imagine we'd get to pour out our lives loving Him and seeing His eyes find us again and again in the gave of broken, hurting humanity.
We are not those content to bloom in greenhouses and gardens alone. Our hearts long for the wastelands and war zones of our day. Our roots are firmly anchored in heaven, and from there our wings are released to soar on the earth. "
-excerpt from 'Love has a Face' by Michelle Perry
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