So faith, hope, love
abide, these three;
but the greatest of these
is
love."
You want and need to be loved,
but more importantly,
you need
to give love by being an expression of
God's love in the world.
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"And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be
called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be
for those: the wayfaring men though fools, shall not err therein." Isaiah 35:8
Highway to Holiness : John the Disciple
We are pencils in the hands of a loving God, who is
writing love
letters
to the world." MOTHER TERESA
“Thoughts are formative; they are like
seeds
that produce after their own kind”
(How To
Let God Help You , Myrtle Fillmore, p74).
Personal selfish love is a separating love,
consciously placed before the Christ Love that dwells within all of us. In the
busy world of today we tend to focus on our present life experience ”a me first
attitude” , whether it be good or not so good and hold it possessively in the
center of the mind. We temporarily set aside any thought of placing God first in
our daily experiences or to give thanks to God for the good in our lives.
Personal love is a selfish way of thinking about one's own comfort and how the
external world solely relates to one's own self. The thought of what can be
gained through obtaining material things, in the attitude of gluttony and
through the accepting of puffed up compliments can inflate one's ego, causing a
separation from God's Divine Love. Seeking love for oneself, only to fill one's
own needs and not concern for the person who is giving the love, is another
level of personal love. Personal love is a cold and uncaring feeling or
expression, a very “matter of fact” relationship. This “What‘s in it for me!!"
attitude is a self-centered expression of personal selfish
love.
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