The GOOD News:For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world but to save the world through him. THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL.
THE whole chebang IN A NUTSHELL
"‘Love the Lordyour God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment.And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
"John's disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking."
to Jesus the Christ
(Luke's account)
{ a "secret" . . . awareness }
{ a "secret" . . . seasons }
{ a "secret" . . . love}
While earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter beneath the heavens. Notably, in life and living,seasons matter, none above the other, apportioned to timeliness. It is fruitful to knowone's own matter AND to let be one's neighbor to know theirs! Your harvests will be bountiful. People will rejoice. For the journey continues - through the seasons. Awesome!
CRACK THE NUT
My Friend,
if you take my words to heart, if you set store by my commandments, turning your ear to wisdom, turning your heart to understanding, yes, if your plea is for clear perception,
if you cry out for understanding, if you look for it as though for silver, search for it as though for buried treasure, then you will understand what the fear of the Lord is, and discover the knowledge of God. For the lord himself is giver of wisdom, from his mouth issue knowledge and understanding.
A Sparkling Gem
Pretence is futile. Now all that we know is hazy and blurred, but then we will see everything clearly, just as clearly as God sees into our hearts.
1 Cor 13:12
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Above all, love one another deeply, because love convers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without complaining. As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift you've received to serve one another.
Peter
We're in this moment, not that moment. We're here, not there. Awareness is crucial. Direction is pivotal. Attitude is monumental.
Rejoicing is not just spiritual it's PRACTICAL. It requires practice to become HABITUAL. It needs to be habitual to MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. (See it differently - discover a new wonder - charades will drop off like dead dross.)
Nicolette Sowder
"Give me the wild children with their bare feet and sparkling eyes. The restless, churning climbers. The wild ones using their outside voices, singing all the way home. Give me the wonder-filled, glorious mess makers dreaming of mountains and mud, aching to run through a field of stars."
Uncover YOUR True Self (a challenge)
- Love your Neighbor as Yourself -
Know THE Season YOU are in. (Learn. Re-learn. Enjoy)
- Love your Neighbor as Yourself -
Isaiah, the Prophet
"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners."
Bishop Gene Robinson
"It's funny isn't it? That you can preach a judgmental and vengeful and angry God and nobody will mind. But you start preaching a God that is too accepting, too loving, too forgiving, too merciful, too kind . . . and you are in trouble."
Desmond Tutu
"You may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.."
- A Sprinkling of Salt -
Dear God, grant me victory today over all that assails. Help me square up to even the greatest challenges and claim authority over them, unafraid. Amen.
GROWTH <==> Create Space
(learn, unlearn, re-learn)
LET GO to LET IN
SEVEN ACTIONS (HABITS) to GROW SIGNIFICANTLY
1. EXERICSE
4. WRITE
7. LOVE
2. MEDITATE
5. ENJOY
Understand what you want.
3. READ
6. BE CONSISTENT
Know where you're going.
"It was not enough to come and listen to a great sermon or message every Sunday morning and be confined to those four walls and those four corners. You had to get out and do something."
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