Oh to put it all together

The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of life is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give. The joy of life is to love. ~William Arthur Ward

Solving the World's Problems

My husband said today: "Is there not any problem in this world, that loving your neighbor would not remedy?"

Think about that! If we all loved our neighbor, we'd have no robberies, no murders, no slander, no...need I go on.

It's a powerful thought: Jesus gave us all we need to make this world a better place - and us better citizens.

Love = Energy

"Love is energy of life." Robert Browning, the English poet (1812-1889) may have penned this after he met the love of his life, Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

Not Loving Can Be Deadly - to ourselves

"He who does not love abides in death." I John 3:14.

"Notice that he did not say, "he who hates," but simply, "he who does not love."

The mere absence of love is deadly...

Notice also that he did not say, "he who is not loved," ... our purpose cannot be to get others to love us." The author concludes: "Our purpose must then be to become one who loves...

Love is not a feeling...it is the divine way of relating to others and oneself..."

(p. 520, 521-ebook, Renovation of the Heart, Dallas Willard)

One Definition of Love

"...What exactly is love? It is will to good or "benevolence." We love something or someone when we promote its good for its own sake. Love's contrary is malice, and its simple absence is indifference. Its normal accompaniment is delight..." (p. 186 (ebook version) Renovation of the Heart, by Dallas Willard)

Smiling & Loving

"Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing."

~Mother Teresa

Ahhh, remember her smile? Make your smile a gift of love to all who see, even you inside it!

Direction & Alignment of Love

"Only love of God frames and supports love of neighbor, giving it right direction and the power to carry out its aim of goodness within the kingdom. And love of God neighbor gradually pulls the entire structure of the person into proper alignment." (p. 70,71, Renovation of the Heart, Dallas Willard)

What love and effort can do

Here is a story captured on video of a Father's love for their child. Be encouraged today of how you could love someone so fully to bring about their potential.

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