A couple quotes and a wee peek into eternity.
“Love knows no reasons, love knows no lies.
Love defies all reasons, love has no eyes.
But love is not blind. Love sees but doesn’t mind.”
(Author Unknown)
And now we hear from James Matthew Barrie, best known for penning Peter Pan.
“Love is not blind; it is an extra eye which shows us what is most worthy of regard.”
When you look at a person and they are driving you bonkers, stop and look again. If you see someone and you become so furious you feel like you are going to burst, stop and look again. If steam is rolling from your ears due to unfair treatment you have received, stop and look. Look. Just look. Strip away the circumstance. Stand soul toe to soul toe. This is a person. This is an eternal being. This immortal will don glory of glories in imperfection defined. In that case you can see the unblemished goodness that they will attain. In the opposite case this undying soul deserves our most sincere pity. Separate from God agony reigns. Love must reach through the moment and concern itself with the eternal.
Look again.
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GOOD. so hard, though, in the moment. Dang flesh.
This is a great reminder! Thanks!
“Stand soul toe, to soul toe”
That is an awesome phrase!
Ohhhh this is so so so so so good. Went to my bones good.
I was preparing to post this on my blog, then stopped at Mandy and Alece’s blog first and left there… now I think you might like it too (now off to post on my blog):
“Live it Up!”
Take time to celebrate. Celebrate your sucesses, your growth, your accomplishments. Celebrate who you are. For too long you have been too hard on yourself. Others have spilled their negative energy – their attitudes, beliefs, pain – on you. It had nothing to do with you! All along, you have been a ft to yourself and to the world.
You are a child of God. Beautiful, a delight, a joy. You do not have to try harder, be better, be perfect, or be anything you are not. Your beauty is in you, just as you are each moment. Celebrate that.
When you have success, when you accomplish something, enjoy it. Pause, reflect, rejoice. Too long you have listened to admonitions not to feel good about what you have done, lest you travel the downward road to arrogance. Celbration is a high form of praise, of gratitide to the Creator for the beauty of God’s creation. To enjoy and celebrate the good does not mean that it will be taken from you. To celebrate is to delight in the gift, to show gratitude.
Celebrate your relationships! Celebrate the lessons from the past and the love and warmth that is there today. Enjoy the beauty of others and their connections to you.
Celebrate all that is in your life. Celebrate all that is good. Celebrate you!
By: Melody Beattie
From: Recovery Devotional Bible
Application: 2nd Samuel 6:5, 14-15
powerful.
such rich truth. challenging, hard-to-do truth.
thank you!
Anita la buenita – I agree that in the moment it is a hard choice to make.
Jutta – I was reminding myself more than anyone else; I am glad that you benefited.
Carin – Gives one cause to pause.
Roxx – Thanks for putting this up. Yes, let us celebrate.
Alece – Somehow for me it is not as hard to do when I consider that I would want someone to look at me in that light as well.
Great thoughts today, Angie! Hmm, soul toe to soul toe….i’m chewing on that one.
Julie – Thanks.
“Love must reach through the moment and concern itself with the eternal.”
I’ve been struggling with “stripping away the circumstances.” I need to see the people who are left standing there…and ask for God’s eyes.
Thank you, Angie!
Michelle – Thank you for your honesty Michelle.
@ngie, such wonderful perspective, wonderful wisdom. I love your insight and your heart for people.