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Who Owns The Land

Do you have land? Do you own it? If you have a mortgage on the land then who owns it? Won't the lender take it away if you don't pay your mortgage payments? So is it really yours? Lets say that you have paid off your mortgage. Now who owns the land? You would think that you do right? What happens if you do not pay your property taxes? Won't the government come and seize the land? So, who owns the land? Does anyone really own land on this planet Earth? Here is something I got off of the HERB website . It is what Sitting Bull, Lakota warrior said in 1932 "Our land is more valuable than your money.  It will last forever.  It will not even perish by the flames of fire.  As long as the sun shines and the waters flow, this land will be here to give life to men and animals.  We cannot sell the lives of men and animals; therefore we cannot sell this land.   It was put here for us by the Great Spirit and we cannot sell it because it does not belong to us. ...

Love

Have you ever tried to put a description or a meaning to this word 'LOVE'? Every time I think about this word, love, I have a hard time putting a concrete definition to it in my mind. How would you describe to someone what love is? 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 New International Version 13  If I speak in the tongues [ a ]  of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.   2  If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.   3  If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, [ b ]  but do not have love, I gain nothing.   The Greek word for love is 'agape' Definitions: love, i.e. affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a love-feast; - (feast of) charity ([-ably]), dear, love. What is it about this word?...