Thursday, January 31, 2013
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Thank You, God....
“Thank You, God, for the new me that is emerging – every day!"
I have the power to change the things about me that I truly desire to change. So in a quiet time away from the busyness of the day, I relax. I concentrate on me – not in a self-centered way, but in a Spirit-centered dedication of giving my time and attention to the presence of God within me.
I concentrate on doing a great work on myself, not on trying to change the people around me. I know that it is up to each individual to work with God to change the things he or she wants to change.
So I focus on changing me. Instead of reacting with emotion to things that happen, I respond from the spiritual center within me. Thank God that a new me is emerging – a stronger, more faith-filled person.
“There is a new creation : everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!
All this is from God, who… has given us the ministry of reconciliation.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:17-18
I have the power to change the things about me that I truly desire to change. So in a quiet time away from the busyness of the day, I relax. I concentrate on me – not in a self-centered way, but in a Spirit-centered dedication of giving my time and attention to the presence of God within me.
I concentrate on doing a great work on myself, not on trying to change the people around me. I know that it is up to each individual to work with God to change the things he or she wants to change.
So I focus on changing me. Instead of reacting with emotion to things that happen, I respond from the spiritual center within me. Thank God that a new me is emerging – a stronger, more faith-filled person.
“There is a new creation : everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new!
All this is from God, who… has given us the ministry of reconciliation.”
- 2 Corinthians 5:17-18
As a man grows from childhood to manhood, his attachments change from the mother to friends, to wife and children, and then to the acquisition of wealth. In the ups and downs involved in the pursuit of wealth, he begins to feel the need for God. This perpetual alternation of attachment and separation cannot be called real love which is spiritual and enduring. The quality of true love is to give and not to receive. How many are to be found today in the world who love to give? Even a father hesitates to part with his property to his children. Only God can be the infinite giver. Hence, love is a divine quality. Although inherently, love is present in every cell of the human being, it does not manifest itself because of the pollution of the heart. A man without love in his heart is as good as dead.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
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