Blessing must arise from within your own mind. It is not something that comes from outside. When the positive qualities of your mind increase and the negativities decrease, that is what blessing means. The Tibetan word for blessing … means transforming into magnificent potential. Therefore, blessing refers to the development of virtuous qualities you did not previously have and the improvement of those good qualities you have already developed. ― Dalai Lama XIV
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
LOVE NEVER FAILS
Love never fails, and the English Standard Version adds to our understanding of these words, translating them as “Love never ends.” The next sentence contrasts love with other spiritual gifts: “But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.” Prophecies, tongues, and knowledge are all temporary. Not so with love. Because love is a basic attribute of God (1 John 4:8) and because God is eternal, love will also be eternal. Love will never fail. Scripture reveals God’s eternal love for us, a love that never fails. God chose us (John 17:24; Ephesians 1:4-5), died for us (Romans 5:8), and will never leave us (Hebrews 13:5). In fact, nothing at all can separate us from God’s eternal love: “I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able
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May we remember the love we really are and let it flow through us as us to bless all (which also includes ourselves).
It appears your board is filled with people and words that have inspired you. What a wonderful way to remember!
Response by Ron's good friend Valerie Brown
"LOVE IS THE ESSENCE OF OUR BEING" ACIM
LOVE NEVER FAILS, Corinthians
LOVE IS ALL WE CAME HERE FOR...Elton John
ONE LOVE...Bob Marley
WE ARE BORN TO LOVE AND BE LOVED... Mother Teresa
If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were Kahlil Gibran
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