"If you knew the gift of God, you would ask of Him, and He would give you living waters." John 4:1

Tag: kindness

A VALENTINE TO DIVINE LOVE

“What the world needs now is love, sweet love, that’s the only thing that there’s just too little of….” So goes an old popular song.IMG_4494

The belief that love is a finite commodity has infected the world with a bullying mentality. Wounded hearts beget heart-wounders and so it goes. But what if love was not a finite force but an infinite resource to wash away all the world’s wounding? What if we knew bland indifference could be assuaged by tender attention, blunt rejection by joyful acceptance and blind malice by immense, intentional kindness?

IMPLICATED IN BEAUTY

We each have an individual life to live that no one else can fully shape or govern. We also have a collective, communal life amongst others. These two intersect in our moral stance. Do you have a personal moral code? What is the theme of your relationships with yourself and others? Do they purposely breathe out beauty and goodness into the world?

In order to keep life lovely, we must take possession of our moral choices and

Embrace beauty ©Clague

Embrace beauty ©Clague

consciously choose the best. Moral courage, compassion,  self control, affection, honesty, unselfishness, these are some of the qualities that, incorporated into daily activities, enhance relationships and the ability to work in concert with others.

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