Brad Henning was great!

Thanks to all of you who came out to hear Brad Henning talk on relationships, love, and sex. This was perhaps the best area wide event we have ever done, with over 200 kids from Gig Harbor to hear about how to have healthy relationships and why it so important to wait to have sex till marriage. I can't recap all of it, but let's talk about love!

We got a great definition of love from Brad!

Choosing the highest good for the other person.

Remember, love is not an emotion. Love is not a feeling. Love is not a ditch (that you fall into). And love is most certainly not sex (remember how he showed that? woah!)

Love is a choice. It is an action. It is an action word. It is a verb.

I can't believe I am about to do this, but...remember the DC Talk song "luv is a verb"? Yeah, they nailed the definition a long time ago (like 20 years!) with that song. How does it go? Ah yes...

"Pullin out my big black book
Cause when I need a word defined thats where I look
So I move to the L's quick, fast, in a hurry
Threw on my specs, thought my vision was blurry
I looked again but to my dismay
It was black and white with no room for grey
Ya see, a big V stood beyond my word
And yo that's when it hit me, that luv is a verb

Words come easy but dont mean much
When the words theyre sayin we cant put trust in
Were talkin bout love in a different light
And if we all learn to love it would be just right

Thinkin of a way to explain-o
Cause ya know when Im flowin like a bottle of drain-o
Simple and plain, l-o-v-e
Aint all that junk that ya see on tv
Put soaps on a rope cause they aint worth copin with
Its a myth that there aint no hope and
Luv is enough if its unconditionally
Givin now youre living out the great commission

Back in the day there was a man
Who stepped out of heaven and he walked the land
He delivered to the people an eternal choice
With a heart full of luv and the truth in his voice
Gave up his life so that we may live
How much more luv could the son of God give?
Here is the example that we oughtta be matchin
Cause luv is a word that requires some action"

Now those are some good love lyrics! Words to live by my friends, words to live by.

I am pretty sure that Brad Henning should be introduced to the crowds with any DC Talk song playing in the background.

much Love,
johnny