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God Knows Our Needs

Therefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him. – Matthew 6, WEBBE

The Things We Need

Sometimes we seem to be lost
We can’t find what we’re looking for
And even if we find it,
We still feel we’ve missed it,
We’ve missed what it was we really need.

And what is it that we need?
We need to know that
Despite our many sins
We can still be forgiven.
We need to know we are loved.
We need to find justice.
And not only justice
But mercy
Mercy that meets with Truth.
We need to know that there is
really such a thing as goodness
And beauty
And purity.
And that somehow,
There are still good things
That can last forever.

These are the things we need.
And God knows our needs
Even before we learn about them
Even before we finally found
The wisdom
And the courage
To ask.

“See that I am God. See that I am in everything. See that I do everything. See that I have never stopped ordering my works, nor ever shall, eternally. See that I lead everything on to the conclusion I ordained for it before time began, by the same power, wisdom and love with which I made it. How can anything be amiss?”
– Julian of Norwich

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His Banner Is Love

To walk with God is to grow in the awareness of His love for me. It is to grow from wanting to believe to being able to believe, from having the knowledge of His love to having the sweet experience of His presence. There is no end to knowing Him, there is no end to the joy of walking with God. – Jocelyn Soriano

When I Feel Your Love

When I feel your love
I feel alive
And my life has depth and meaning
And all is beautiful and good
And lasting

When I feel your love
The simple life
Is a glorious life
And I don’t need
Anything more
Or anyone else
To fulfill me

When I feel your love
I feel as though
I could soar
It’s the only fitting thing to do
To meet you
To keep you
To fall over and over again
In a love that is so
Achingly beautiful and true.

I sat down under his shadow with great delight,
his fruit was sweet to my taste.
He brought me to the banquet hall.
His banner over me is love.
-Song of Solomon 2, WEBBE

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A Greater Love

“Love… for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.”
– Vincent Van Gogh

Sometimes, when we love, we tend to give only what we think we ought. We strive for fairness, and we give only as much as we think we could receive along the way. We then live with the very minimum, and then we wonder why our relationships are not doing great.

God’s love on the other hand is more than mere fairness. God’s love is an abounding love. It is a love without limits or condition, a love that knows no end. It is a love that always seeks to do more, to give more.

If we could only learn from God’s love, all our other relationships would be blessed. We’d realize that all the while, we were being content with so little when we can be blessed with an overflowing, ever growing, and abounding love.

Matthew 5:38-41 (WEB) “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also. Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two.

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Good Things Remain

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit. – Romans 15, WEBBE

Remember

Everyday, you have to remember
the really important things.
Otherwise, you will begin to see
only the little irritations,
the clouds, the illusions
and you begin to believe
that these are all you have.

So everyday, try to remember.
Remember who you are.
Remember what you’re made of.
Remember how you’ve survived
so many problems and dreary days before.
Don’t let anyone else
make you forget your worth.

Remember where you’re headed for,
all those dreams now living
within your soul.
Remember how each step you make
takes you closer to where you
have always wanted to be.
Let no one steal your dreams away.
Remember them today.

Remember Him who loves you so.
How nobody else can fill
His place within your heart.
Remember His eyes,
how He gazes upon you with love.
And that’s enough,
more than enough,
to carry you through
the saddest days.
Let no one make you forget
You are loved,
You are precious,
in someone else’s eyes.

Everyday, when you start
to feel as though
your happiness is fading away,
As though your life
loses its very meaning,
Remember, Remember all the
precious things you have.
Let no soul ever take away
your faith.
Believe and Remember!
Beyond all the passing shadows,
the beautiful things remain.

“I don’t think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.”
– Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

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Hope For Tomorrow

“The three grand essentials of happiness are: Something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.” – George Washington Burnap

We are often told that what we can do today, we must not put off for tomorrow. And there is wisdom in doing the most important things at present because it is the only moment we really have. We must not get into the habit of delaying things and of being negligent, failing to do the things that really matter in our lives.

Yet there is also some wisdom into making sufficient room also for hope in your life. As much as we want to anyway, not all things can be done today. For all the rest, we entrust them to God. And we use them to inspire us so that we can have something to look forward to when we awake.

“For I know the thoughts that I think towards you,” says the LORD, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.” – Jeremiah 29, WEBBE