Today’s Thought Gem—December

[Vern]

When all is said and done,

the Father idea is still the highest

human concept of God

 

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[Vern]

Today, 1 December is “It would help you much if you would learn that true wisdom embraces discretion as well as courage” a suggested match would be:

As far as lies in your power,

live long on the earth that your life of many years

may be fruitful in souls won for the heavenly kingdom

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[Vern]

Vern wrote:  Today, 2 December is “Divine love does not merely forgive wrongs: it absorbs and actually destroys them” a suggested match would be:

Mercy sets the guilt of

evil-doing to one side;

but love destroys forever the sin

and all weakness resulting therefrom

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[Vern]

Vern wrote:  Today, 3 December is “The beauty of divine love, once fully admitted to the  human heart, forever destroys the charm of sin and the power of evil” a suggested match would be:

True love does not compromise

nor condone hate; it destroys it

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[Vern]

Vern wrote:  Today, 4 December is “Devote your life to proving that love is the greatest thing in the world” a suggested match would be:

It is the love of God that

impels men to seek salvation

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[Vern]

Vern wrote:  Today, 5 December is “Love is the ancestor of all spiritual goodness, the essence of the true and the beautiful” a suggested match would be:

Be a good and a true

shepherd to the flock.

Betray not their confidence in you.

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[Vern]

Vern wrote:  Today, 6 December is “Pray for tranquility of spirit and cultivate patience” a suggested match would be:

Learn to weigh the consequences

of your sayings and your doings.

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[Vern]

Vern wrote:  Today, 7 December is “And the fruits of the divine spirit which are yielded in the lives of spirit-born God-knowing mortals are: loving service, unselfish devotion, courageous loyalty, sincere fairness, enlightened honesty, undying hope, confiding trust, merciful ministry, unfailing goodness, forgiving tolerance, and enduring peace” a suggested match would be:

My Father requires of the children of faith

that they bear much spirit fruit.

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[Vern]

Vern wrote:  Today, 8 December is “Increasingly, must you yield the fruits of the spirit as you progress heavenward in the kingdom of God” a suggested match would be:

You may enter the kingdom as a child,

but the Father requires that you grow up,

by grace, to the full stature of spiritual adulthood.

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[Vern]

Vern wrote:  Today, 9 December is “The spiritual forward urge is the most powerful driving force present in this world…” a suggested match would be:

…the truth-learning believer

is the one progressive and

aggressive soul on earth.

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[Vern]

Vern wrote:  Today, 10 December is “Mankind can be unified only by the spiritual approach, and the Spirit of Truth is a world influence which is universal” a suggested match would be:

…the Spirit of Truth purifies

the human heart and leads the recipient

to formulate a life purpose single to the will of God

and the welfare of men.

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[Vern]

Vern wrote:  Today, 11 December is “Religion discovers for the soul those supreme values which are in contrast with the relative values discovered by the mind” a suggested match would be:

…superhuman insight

can be had only through

genuine religious experience.

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[Vern]

Vern wrote:  Today, 12 December is “As you view the world, remember that the black patches of evil which you see are shown against a white background of ultimate good” a suggested match would be:

When there is so much good truth

to publish and proclaim, why should men

dwell so much upon the evil in the world

just because it appears to be a fact?

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[Mara]

 

« God is love, but love is not God. »

 

2:5.10   But the love of God is an intelligent and farseeing parental affection. The divine love functions in unified association with divine wisdom and all other infinite characteristics of the perfect nature of the Universal Father. God is love, but love is not God. The greatest manifestation of the divine love for mortal beings is observed in the bestowal of the Thought Adjusters, but your greatest revelation of the Father’s love is seen in the bestowal life of his Son Michael as he lived on earth the ideal spiritual life. It is the indwelling Adjuster who individualizes the love of God to each human soul.

[Mara]

« . . . love is the dominant characteristic of all God’s personal dealings with his creatures. »

 

2:5.12  When man loses sight of the love of a personal God, the kingdom of God becomes merely the kingdom of good. Notwithstanding the infinite unity of the divine nature, love is the dominant characteristic of all God’s personal dealings with his creatures.

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