Martin Luther said; “See to it that you do not treat the gospel only as history, for that is only transient; neither regard it only as an example, for it is of no value without faith. Rather, see to it that you make this birth your own and that Christ is born in you.… Of what benefit would it be to me if Christ had been born a thousand times, and it would daily be sung into my ears in…
Don’t you know that God has ordained the day of a small beginning – the light of the little things? Simply put, what you see may appear to be little contrasted with what God guaranteed you, it’s anything but difficult to expel it and believe it’s nothing. Be that as it may, God can take a little cloud and bring a major gift. He can take what looks inconsequential and cause it to transform into something astounding. That’s it!!!
Those things God has for you will indeed stun you at His revelation. Simply put, the sacred text says, “No individual has seen, heard or envisioned what God has arranged for those that love Him.” God has many things prepared for you and they will amaze you. That’s it!!!
Georg Johannes Gick said, the Miracle is all about Jesus the Good Shepherd. I quote; “When all the winds were mild, Mary came to me apart and laid the Holy Child here inside my heart. My heart was made the manager and my body was the stall. And now no man is stranger: my life goes out to all, To bring to each of them this Child of heaven’s light, to let them enter in, like flames of candles to…
Two completely opposite directions. One is the self-glorifying upward thrust. The other is the downward movement to become human. One is the way of self-love and self-exaltation. The other is the way of God’s love and love of one’s neighbor. That’s it!!!
The first goal plans to commend the person, by prudence of his characteristic endowments, to a state moving toward the perfect. At last, he is made a divine being. The other goal looks for the marvel and riddle of God turning out to be man, God looking for the most minimal spot among men. That’s it!!!
Over and over, what it adds up to is a conflict between two restricting objectives: One objective is to look for the individual of high position, the incredible individual, the otherworldly individual, the sharp individual, the fine individual, the individual who due to his regular gifts speaks to a high top, so to speak, in the mountain scope of mankind. The other objective is to look for the modest individuals, the minorities, the crippled, the detainees: the valleys of the…
Let us remind ourselves that God’s love is unending. It is unconditional. It is unmerited. For instance, God uses trials to burn out our imperfections, to turn us into a vessel for His greatness. I say unfailingly, God is love! That’s it!!!
Søren Kierkegaard concluded as follows; “Oh, how wonderful! Sometimes, perhaps, my repentance does not come at once, and so there is a future. But God keeps no person waiting, for he is love. Like spring water which keeps the same temperature summer and winter – so is God’s love. His love is a spring that never runs dry.” That’s it!!!
What a time to remember the words of Søren Kierkegaard and I quote: “This is all I have known for certain, that God is love. Even if I have been mistaken about this or that point, God is nevertheless love. If I have made a mistake it will be plain enough; so I repent – and God is love. He is love – not he was love, nor he will be love, oh no, even that future is too slow…