LOVE
"Love is contagious"
October 11 -- Read 1 Corinthians 13:4-13
What kind of person are you? When people think of you,
what is their first thought? I'm thinking of a person
we were with last night. When you think of Anne, you
usually smile. People, young and old alike, gravitate
to Anne because she makes you feel so good when you
are with her, and when you leave her, you feel better
and happier for having been with her. Her kind of love
is contagious.
- Spread love where ever you go: first of all in your
own house. Give love to all your children, to your
wife or husband, to a next door neighbor... let no
one ever come to you without leaving better and happier.
Be the living expression of God's kindness- kindness
in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your
smile, kindness in your warm greeting. Mother Theresa
- There are many kinds of love just as there are many
kinds of light
And every kind of love makes a glory in the night
There is a love that stirs the heart and a love that
gives it rest
A love that leads a life upward is the noblest and
the best.
- Little children, let us not love with words or tongue
but with action and in truth. 1 JOHN 3:18
- One saint used to say that she was the type of woman
who advances more rapidly when she is drawn by love
than when driven by fear. She was perceptive enough
to know that we are all that type of person. It is
possible to attain great holiness of life while still
being prone to pettiness and insincerity, sensuality
and envy, but the first move will always be to recognize
that I am that way... When we accept ourselves for
what we are, we decrease our hunger for power or the
acceptance of others because our self-intimacy reinforces
our inner sense of security. We are no longer preoccupied
with being powerful or popular. We no longer fear
criticism because we accept the reality of our human
limitations.
Brennan Manning Ragamuffin Gospel
Questions...
1. Who do you admire and why?
2. Are you influenced more by love or fear?
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