My heart is faint with love

I don't know where to start and I think that most of this entry might just be me quoting scripture. But first I want to say my heart is faint with love. The past day and a half has just been overwhelmed with the love of the Lord and I would like to say it is more precious than anything else on this earth, and as Song of Songs says, anyone who trades for love will be utterly scorned. My gosh I guess I just want to quote all of song of songs, but I think this really all started in 1 John 4:19, "We love because he first loved us." I know that this is a scripture that has been quoted many times and sung in songs, but it was as though the Lord touched it with a fire when I read it and my mind was opened to see it in an unbelievable way. This concept is soo profound and probably extremely simple which makes it even more mind blowing. It is just like God to have a love like this but what is even more amazing is that this concept extends to so many other areas of our lives, as we seek to be more like him. I forgive because he first forgave me, I am because he is, I sacrifice my life because he first sacrificed his life for me. I do these things not out of my own being because that is utterly impossible but out of the holy spirit that dwells in me. I don't know for those who might be reading this they might think how crazy and simple, though they are right, there is such power in this and I am utterly blown away. I've just been writing and writing, praying, worshiping, asking for forgiveness, etc because of a floodgate he opened up in my heart just through this one scripture.
Also just the reality that God is the exact reality of what we read about love in the scripture in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a, "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 wrong. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preserver. Love never fails."
Also in Song of Songs 8:6b-7
"Love is as strong as death, it's jealousy is unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one where to give all the wealth of his house for love, it/he would be utterly scorned."

WOW!!!!!!! is all I can say. Yes, it is true that unlike God we are unable to truly live this perfect love because we are not perfect due to our fallen nature, but what is sooo beautiful about this is that, this draws him to us and he loves us even more. Our imperfections draw him to take us under his wing like a mother hen with her chicks, and to lavish us with an unbelievable, potent, powerful, supernatural love, all he asks is that we share in that love with him. That we repent from our evil ways and turn to the loving arms of our God. Of course this isn't easy and it's hard to believe at times but all the faith, hope, courage and love that we may need are right there in the Lords hands and he is willing to give them to us so that we can believe and we can trust in this incredible love relationship.

John 3:16 "God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever shall believe in him shall not perish but have everlasting life."
Repent, turn from your evil ways and live, for the Lord does not desire for any to perish but to embrace the love he so desires to lavish on the people.

As for the update I'm staying in Mexico at least until the end of this year, but thinking more about staying for a total of two years. My new teaching job is going great and I never realized how much joy I get out of teaching, it's really really fun and I leave every class encouraged, so God has truly blessed me. I love you all and may the Lord bless you and keep you not just for your sake but for his kingdom.