Love and Life- Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

Sometimes in our relentless efforts to find the person we love we fail to recognize and appreciate the people who love us. We miss out on so many beautiful things simply because we allow ourselves to be enslaved by our own selfish concerns.

Go for the man of deeds and not for the man of words, for you will find rewarding happiness not with the man you love but the man who loves you more.

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Friday, July 18, 2014

excerpts, Love and Relationships, Notes to Self

Waiting for God's Best

Everyone longs to give themselves completely to someone, to have a deep relationship with another, to be loved thoroughly and exclusively.

But to His child, the Lord says: 

“No, not until you are satisfied, fulfilled, and content with being loved by Me; with giving yourself totally and unreservedly to Me to have an intensely personal relationship with Me alone, discovering that only in Me is your satisfaction to be found-- Only then will you be capable of the most perfect relationship that I have planned for you."

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Friday, June 08, 2012

Christian Faith, excerpts, Love and Relationships

Being Before Doing

Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.--Psalm 46:10

Filling our lives with activity and busyness puts us in dangerous territory.  Aside from making us emotionally frazzled and physically exhausted, it’s also threatening to make us both intellectually and spiritually deficient. 

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Thursday, May 12, 2011

Christian Faith, Daily Journals, excerpts, Notes to Self, Personal

Something To Think About...

YOUR CHILD'S IDENTITY

Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger; but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord

It's all too easy for children to find their identity wrapped up in external values like performance and appearance. Why? Largely because those are the values their parents and teachers glorify and reinforce. Children are applauded if they're cute, if they say funny things, or if they hit home runs. Thanks to the adults in their lives, it doesn't take long for children to internalize and begin to live by three pervasive principles.

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Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Christian Faith, Daily Journals, excerpts, Notes to Self, Personal