Today’s post, New Identity, from Melanie at Just Beloved, encourages us that we can have new dreams and visions found in the One who loved us first.
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Week Twelve: Beloved. Lasting Peace
Today’s post, Trying Days and Lasting Peace, from Melanie at Just Beloved, encourages us that we find peace in the One who loved us first.
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Today’s post, The Journey of Grief, from Melanie at Just Beloved, encourages us that we find rest, even while grieving, in the One who loved us first.
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Looking for God’s Goodness in contemplation and prayer in this Meditation on the Love of God.
God is Love
Pause
Close your eyes. Take a moment to still your mind and draw your scattered senses onto the presence of God. He is with you today, and He loves you.
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Who is the God of my life? You are the God of my life. The God of perfect love. So why do I act and think in ways that I despise? Because I have free will and I have a choice. I can choose to constantly turn towards You or run away from You. I can hide but You’re always there and You find me.
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Where do I find perfect love? Each of us has been given an inner room within which is the depth of our being where there is calm stillness in the presence of perfect love.
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Lord, help me to always aspire to act in Your perfect love. I cannot see the world through the divine providence of Your eyes of love. You see and comprehend all things. You know every thought, need, and desire of every heart, of my heart. Help me be whole and holy in Adoration of You.
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If I am honest with myself, I really don’t want “to do” anything hard or experience any trouble. I want to live in the illusion of my mind’s perfect world with no trouble and strife. But of course, that is not reality. To truly live life, I must accept and live in reality.
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Are you aware of the things you do that keep you disconnected from God? As I contemplate the alienating effects of sin in my life, I realize how my simple behavior keeps me from God’s embrace, disconnected from resting in His perfect love.
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During this season of Lent, sin reminds us that love can only be made perfect in the chaste Christ. This has been a hard concept for an achiever and recovering perfectionist like me. When I do something, I want to succeed. It is difficult emotionally when I don’t, and I’ve set my life up to avoid these situations.
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Smitten With Goodness 