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Today's Thought Gem—July
31 posts · 1 participants · started Jul 1, 2015, 4:59 AM
Mind knows quantity,
reality, meanings.
But quality—values—is felt
What you begin in time
you will assuredly
finish in eternity—
if it is worth finishing
Happiness and joy
take origin in the inner life.
You cannot experience real joy
all by yourself
A solitary life is fatal to happiness.
Even families and nations will enjoy
life more if they share it with others
The doing of the will of God
is nothing more or less than an
exhibition of creature willingness
to share the inner life with God…
Sharing is Godlike—divine
The imitation of God
is the key to perfection;
the doing of his will
is the secret of survival
and of perfection in survival
Peace in this life,
survival in death,
perfection in the next life,
service in eternity—all these
are achieved (in spirit) now
when the creature personality
consents—chooses—to subject
the creature will to the Father’s will
A human being can find truth
in his inner experience, but he
needs a clear knowledge of facts
to apply his personal discovery
of truth to the ruthlessly practical
demands of everyday life
Only religious confidence
—living faith—
can sustain man amid such difficult
and perplexing problems
Of all the dangers
which beset man’s mortal
nature and jeopardize his
spiritual integrity,
pride is the greatest
Courage is valorous,
but egotism
is vainglorious
and suicidal
Man’s ability to transcend himself
is the one thing which distinguishes
him from the animal kingdom
Man consciously grows
from the material
toward the spiritual
by the strength, power,
and persistency of
his own decisions…
Men all too often forget
that God is
the greatest experience
in human existence
When men search for God,
they are searching for everything.
When they find God,
they have found everything
All true love is from God,
and man receives the divine
affection as he himself bestows
this love upon his fellows
Love is dynamic.
It can never be captured;
it is alive, free, thrilling,
and always moving
Man can never take
the love of the Father
and imprison it
within his heart