Why this?

If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, 
I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 
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. 
If I give all I possess to the poor 
and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,
 but do not have love, I gain nothing.
 Love is patient, love is kind. 
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 
It does not dishonor others, 
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. 
 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. 

But the greatest of these is love.

I talked to my husband about making this blog just to share some of the many stories we can share day to day. When we discussed about the name for the blog, he suggested "Love does exist". Everyday, we wake up believing in God's love. He showed His love to us through Jesus. We live God's love everyday because we know that there is no other way we could have the life that we have if there were no Love (this is, God). We have known perople that God has used to show us MORE of His love, like our pastor Alvaro Perdomo and his wife Lety, from Shalom church (the church we attend) who are my husband's mentors. Our marriage (almost 2 years now) is another proof of God's love. I never expected to have such a wonderful husband as Ivan. I know that we are just at the begining of this "race", but even when we got engaged I didn't know what to expect. I have made so many mistakes in my life, I have hurt so many people that I thought I couldn't have a chance to have a different life. 

There is always something that I remember when I think about my wedding day and my marriage. The same year that I was getting married, like four months before my wedding, there was a couple  at church, friends of ours, who got married. Three or four weeks after they got married, one of them said to both of us: "After you got married, I give three weeks until you get bored." Ivan and I stared at each other surprised and scared. But, after almost two years (soon I'll be telling you about our anniversary), we usually saY to our youth: "You should all get married, LOVE DOES EXIST." It is sad how people doesn't believe in marriage anymore, even in a place as conservative as Guatemala. 

So, WHY THIS BLOG??

To share the stories of love we live day through day and to come back and remember ourselves that LOVE is so much more than we expect or think we know.