The Debate Starts Here

The University of Mississippi community is pleased to host the first presidential debate of 2008 on September 26. Foreign policy and national security issues will be the focus of the 8:00 p.m. (CDT) debate, and several related events showcase the university’s institutes and centers that are working to find solutions to this country’s challenges.

This is Ole Miss, and the debate starts here.

Visit other election year debate sites:

• October 2: Washington University in St. Louis (Vice Presidential)
• October 7: Belmont University (Presidential)
• October 15: Hofstra University (Presidential)

Went to Gulfport today

I and my father in law went to Biloxi Gulfport to pick up him and mom's friend. It was a nice trip,a little rough for a while though because it was raining and you could barely see the road. It's a bit scary because you wouldn't know if somebody is ahead of you but thank God our trip went well going to Gulfport and back to Moselle. It was a 2 hours travel. Dad tour me around Gulfort before actually headed to the airport. I took some pictures of vintage cars at the parking lot of one of the hotels there. We went to the casino for a while and played. It was fun because it was my very first time to go to a casino. I got the chance to play their machine and it was a whole lot of fun. I hope they will take me back there though. My day just went fine although it was raining but everything went well.

Do you know what tru love mean and how do you know if you found it?

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, 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.
—I Corinthians 13:4-8a (NIV)

This verse describes the characteristics of true love. These qualities can certainly be found in the person of Jesus Christ, and they can be found in all truly loving relationships. The problem with trying to “find” love in our dating lives, is that too often we don't look for these characteristics. Rather we look at physical appearance, popularity, or wealth. These are not the qualities that God looks at and neither should we.

IDENTIFYING TRUE LOVE

We can only identify true love and know when we have found it, based on the Word of God. When we match our relationships up to what the Bible says that love is—and we are honestly prepared to make a life-long commitment to that person—then we can say that we are truly “in love.” The three keys to that statement are:

We have to…

1. look at the Word of God
2. be completely honest with ourselves
3. understand the level of commitment that comes with true love

Love is best seen as devotion and action, not an emotion. Love is not exclusively based on how we feel. Certainly our emotions are involved, but they cannot be our only criteria for love. True devotion will always lead to action—true love.