| initial thoughts/lessons to remember:
where healthy and genuine concern becomes overwhelming worry is where I cease to trust God and instead try to take over and control situations beyond me.
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| From "Augustine to Freud" by Kenneth Boa. Page 73.
"In addition to the need for grace, Augustine also writes of the need for the Supreme Good which cannot be found in creation but only in the Creator. One must seek God with the mind and with the heart and desire him above all lesser goods, which can distract and lead one away from the true source of joy and fulfillment. Temporal needs such as health and security are genuine, and their gratification is legitimate so long as one does not get so entangled in the things of the world that they lure one away from the beatitude of the eternal and unchangeable. However, the Supreme Good must not be sought as a means to the soul's felicity but as an end in himself. It is only when God is sought for himself and not for his gifts that the soul also finds the fullness of joy for which it was created. When love of God becomes dominant in one's life and prevails over love of the world, one learns the freedom of obedience to God's will and is gradually conformed to the image and character of Christ. The soul's preoccupation with the love of God for his own sake is the foundation for proper self-love (finding one's blessedness in the Supreme Good) and proper love of others (desiring that they find their joy in God)."
I love it. Thoughts?
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| Love is the movement.
www.twloha.com
that love is for my friend. <3
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| Who am I to be so blessed?
Who am I to be used by God in such a way?
Who am I to be able to appreciate His blessings and His work?
Who am I? A poor, miserable sinner, who God looked upon, called, and redeemed so that I could be so much more.
I am in awe of you, Father.
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| all my entries on here are private so far. because its mostly complaining to people about things they've done that I know I'm probably taking the wrong way so that I can get all the garbage out and talk to them more rationally. this is my life. |
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