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.”
"... the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love, and self-discipline."
(to Tim)
It is not unusual for persons to compartmentalize (totally), perhaps privileged by the way they picure themselves: a spiritual being, a physical being, an intellectual being, a rational being, etc., or some select combination striving for stability or sufficiency in the fulfillment of their purpose.
What if, though, strength and stability - sufficiency - proceed out from the entirety of one's wholly composed being, all of one's portions intimately (if intricately) purposed for the fullness of life, a full surrender to the integrity of being human?
And what if compartmentalization requires doors and when any door is shut compartments not closed are starved of intricate essentials, such that the being can never be optimally functional? And so, perhaps this operational being hobbles along unawares, as were a house-of-a-head stuck on a stick-of-a-body, or a house-of-a-body striving under a pinhead, or a kangaroo spring tumbling about with no mind of its own; exertions in futility?
Well, maybe not! Supposing one's goal remains the fulfillment of purpose in uncertain environments during challenging cycles, the good news is this: humans are designed to succeed; the human is built and evolves to flourish. The bad news is many are driven to believe the human is not.
Thank you for making me
so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous - how well I know it.
God-the-Creator's demonstrated continual interest is the wellbeing of all of us. There is something enormously special about love. Uniquely transformative. Fascinating.
Done right by God. Doing right by each other. Energized by Unflinching Grace.
"I have loved you with an everlasting love."
The way some thrive . . .
inspires and teaches well.
The Walk
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."
FAVORITE QUOTE OF THE WEEK
a Beauty of Being
(renewed)
"We reinforce our identity each and every day: thoughts, actions, beliefs."
"Live without pretending. Love without depending. Listen without defending. Speak without offending."
DEALING WISELY with RELIGIOUS NARCISSISM (upcoming series)
Isaiah, the Prophet
"Rise up, shine, because your light has come. The glory of Yahweh has risen upon you. Look, darkness has covered the land. Deep darkness covers the people. But Yahweh will rise upon you. His glory will appear over you, and nations will come to your light."
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.."
Albert Einstein
"The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift."
Helen Keller
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt by the heart."
John F. Kennedy
"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."
Salt of The Soil
SAND is not SALT
Be who YOU are! If you don't like what you are, TRANSFORM
Do what it takes! If you don't like where you're headed, TURN
The BEST you is you. Be you! Don't lose your 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.
"Learn to find joy in the story you are actually living." Rachel Marie Martin
"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."
The COMPASS: So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. THAT'S IT in THE HEART
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