"Give us this day our daily bread."
Give us grace for today. Feed the famished affections.
Chew the Word of God. That is, think about it deeply. Ponder it. Mull it over. Work and pray to feel its inspiration, its power and meaning. Understand it so you can live it and work it and be it and see it and share it and be revealed by it, in it. Chew it!
There is no danger of decay doing this, no build up shellacking your thought, your consciousness of His Word. There is only strength and growth and purifying and wholeness in the action of His Word in your thought and life.
"O taste and see that the Lord is good."
So go ahead and chew His sweet and salty Word. Savor it. Digest it. Enjoy it. It is your daily bread. It's inspiration is your holy wine. Let His Word feed you, forgive you, deliver you, and lead you. Because it surely will, with divine results.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
Love is always reflected in love (Part 1)
God would never torment you with something good that is bad for you, or something bad that is good for you. God does not dangle what you need out in front of you like some lucious peach and then make you walk over broken glass to get it. Nor does He make something pleasurable for you that is evil.
God's goodness is free and overflowing, is always withn reach and always available because it is always in consciousness. Recognize that first and then see that all that God gives, is yours. It is yours for the giving and always yours for the receiving.
Are you feeling unloved? alone? Then go and love someone and keep them company.
Need your famished affections fed? Then go feed the famished affections of others.
Don't know anyone who needs such help? Oh yes you do. Can't find them? Oh yes you can.
Just look across the table, or across the room, or across the street, or across town! There is always someone who could use a little love and kindness. And maybe they're waiting for someone just like you to be their angel.
Ghandi said: "Be the change you wish to see in the world." Ghandi probably would've also approved of "Be the love you wish to see in the world."
Why? because Love is transforming. Divine Love is always blossoming in you. As you! Where does it bloom first? In consciousness - first in your thoughts, then in your words, your deeds, your life.
And you can only learn love by being loving. You must exercise Love! you must "put some skin on it" - make it alive and active!
And your love is needed. And your love will always be reflected back to you, pressed down and running over.
Don't you think that you've waited long enough? Don't you think that you've spent enough time feeling all alone, or out on your own, having to fend for yourself, somehow separated from Love, God?
Snap out of it! You are the very image and likeness of Love itself! You have a natural God-given ability to love and be loved! Get your love-light OUT from under that bushel! Quit feeling sorry for yourself and get out there and live the love God gives you! Live it openly, honestly, freely, joyously! Do it! No more whining and waiting around for someone else to love. Get up! Get going! and GO LOVE.
God's goodness is free and overflowing, is always withn reach and always available because it is always in consciousness. Recognize that first and then see that all that God gives, is yours. It is yours for the giving and always yours for the receiving.
Are you feeling unloved? alone? Then go and love someone and keep them company.
Need your famished affections fed? Then go feed the famished affections of others.
Don't know anyone who needs such help? Oh yes you do. Can't find them? Oh yes you can.
Just look across the table, or across the room, or across the street, or across town! There is always someone who could use a little love and kindness. And maybe they're waiting for someone just like you to be their angel.
Ghandi said: "Be the change you wish to see in the world." Ghandi probably would've also approved of "Be the love you wish to see in the world."
Why? because Love is transforming. Divine Love is always blossoming in you. As you! Where does it bloom first? In consciousness - first in your thoughts, then in your words, your deeds, your life.
And you can only learn love by being loving. You must exercise Love! you must "put some skin on it" - make it alive and active!
And your love is needed. And your love will always be reflected back to you, pressed down and running over.
Don't you think that you've waited long enough? Don't you think that you've spent enough time feeling all alone, or out on your own, having to fend for yourself, somehow separated from Love, God?
Snap out of it! You are the very image and likeness of Love itself! You have a natural God-given ability to love and be loved! Get your love-light OUT from under that bushel! Quit feeling sorry for yourself and get out there and live the love God gives you! Live it openly, honestly, freely, joyously! Do it! No more whining and waiting around for someone else to love. Get up! Get going! and GO LOVE.
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