“I am now going from a prison to a palace: I have finished my work, and am now going to receive my wages.”
“Mortifying the deeds of the body cannot be understood of the religious deeds of the body, for they are to be cherished, nor of the natural deeds of the body such as eating and drinking; but it refers to the sinful actions that are done by the body arising from the temptations and injections of Satan or the corrupt dictates of our own sinful heart.”
“I know you are a woman of sorrowful spirit, yet be comforted, though you sorrows be great for you husband going out of the world, yet your pains shall be the less in bringing your child into the world; you shall be a joyful mother, though you be a sad widow; God hath many mercies in store for you; the prayer of a dying husband for you, will not be lost.”
“For, though every man has sin in him seminally, yet there are some sins which by nature he is more inclined to than others, according to his constitution.”
“Let mortification be especially directed to strike at those sins that act your master sins-that at, most prevalent and predominant in your heart, that yet you have most prayed against and are least able to resist, that strongly assault you and most easily beset you and are masters over you.”
“He hath desired to bring the souls of other men to heaven; let his soul be brought to heaven.”
“When you find your heart secure, presumptuous and proud, then pour upon corruption more than grace: then look upon your grace without infirmities.”
“We give the (teddy bears) to them to hold, we consider them to be comfort things.”
“It's just kind of a self-esteem thing.”
“We thrive and exist in many ways from the generosity and support of the community.”
The greatest spiritual leaders in history have all preached love for others as the basis for all happiness, and never did they accompany such mandates with a list of unlovable actions or deeds. They never said, love everybody except for the gays. Love everybody except for the homeless. Love everybody except for the drug users. Love everybody except for the gang members, or those covered in ink, or the spouse abusers. They didn’t tell us it was okay to love everybody with the exception of the “trailer trash,” those living in poverty, or the illegal immigrants. They didn’t tell us it was okay to love everybody except for our ex-lovers, our lovers’ ex lovers, or our ex-lovers’ lovers. The mandate was pretty damn clear, wasn’t it?Love others.Period.
You are a child of love that has come here to live in love and to give away love.
When love is pure, it has the power to conquer. Lover and beloved conquer each other by their affection. The source, the essence, the fullest manifestation of love's conquering power is the love of the soul for the supreme soul, or God.
Why love what you will lose?There is nothing else to love.
There is no perfect lover or perfect love, only longing for love and be beloved.
May I love Him whom to love is to live indeed.
Never love someone with expecting return. Love is love's reward.
To love and win is the best thing.To love and lose, the next best.
To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
Life is short, Love is Endless. Live and love life to the full!