GOD THOUGHTS

Thursday, July 21, 2011

It is hard to get anything done on earth if we are afraid of suffering. We must let go of that fear.

It is easy to suffer when we do it for a higher purpose, a higher love.

We reach a point when love and suffering become almost the same thing, because real love craves to be selfless, and selfless acts are always sacrifices, always in the attempt to relieve suffering. So by suffering, we are better able to love, better able to sacrifice ourselves, better able to draw close to God and the Spirit that resides within us.

TRUTH

"We are all pilgrims together, wending through unknown country, home."
~ Fra Giovanni Giocondo

"Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity."

~ Timothy 4:12

"If then your whole body is flooded with light, and no corner of it is darkness, it will be completely illuminated as when a lamp's rays engulf you."
~ Luke 11:36

"Perfection consists in doing His will, in being what He wants us to be.... Later, when perfection made its appearance to me, I understood that in order to become a Saint you have to suffer a lot, always be in search of what is the most perfect, and forget yourself."
~ St. Therese of Lisieux

"Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world."
~ The Buddha

"Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that is may benefit those who listen."

~ Ephesians 4:29

"Religion should unite all hearts and cause wars and disputes to vanish from the face of the earth; it should give birth to spirituality, and bring light and life to every soul."
~ Bahá’u’lláh