 Friends     | Am a friendly fellow, who love to make new friends.... I hate fake peeps cos i know there are a lot of them... But i hope to meet with the real niggas.. MsZuri67: Hi. love your words of Truth!!!! So rarely spoken 6 years ago • Report • Link 0  jonnyblaq2: Christmas is for remembrance. The love manifested through our gifts to each other typifies the offer of Life and the givingness of Spirit to Its creations. The hands of the eternal are outstretched through our hands, and the heart of the Infinite beats in the human breast. But the giver must give of himself, for, “the gift without the giver is bare.” It is not, then, in lavish gifts that we find true giving, but in the sweet simplicity of remembrance, in the kindly thought, the tolerant mind and the gentle act. Love alone can give love, sympathy alone can sympathize and only goodness can really do or be good. The one who gives for reward does not give at all; he seeks to bargain; to trade for spiritual gifts; hence, he senses a loss in his own giving and finds no completion through the act. But, he who gives “half his meat” to the hungry feels justified and is warmed by a real sense of comradeship. He has established an actual unity between himself and other offspring of Creation. Great causes succeed when there is a giving of humanity to humanity. With the check must come the one who wrote it, his interest, his enthusiasm, his love. The check must be a symbol of his desire to impart of himself–then shall it multiply its benefits and do good. Charity is cold–but love is warm. When heart speaks to heart a divine conversation has taken place, a heavenly discourse. Each of us has something to give. Let each see that he gives of his best. If we are bringing our gifts to the alter of love, nothing less than the best will be acceptable; nothing less than all is enough. May the real spirit of Christmas–the giving of the self to life, enter and abide in you now and through all times. Sincerely, jonnyblaq2: Dear Friends, It has been a tradition of mine to share these timeless words of Ernest Holmes with you each year because they so inspiringly remind us of the true spirit of human givingness that is at the heart of the holiday season. My prayer is that they may inspire each one of us to carry this generosity into every day in the New Year. Blessings always, jonnyblaq2: I Reveal the Truth – God Heals DISCOVERING THE PERFECT POWER How to Use the Statements of Truth: • Relax and be still for a few minutes. • Now read the Statement of Truth through at least three times. • In silence, meditate on this thought for a few minutes. • You can write the statement on a card and carry it with you. Read the Statement of Truth and meditate on it as often as you can. • Read the Statement of Truth just before you go to sleep, and go to sleep meditating on it. jonnyblaq2: I Stay In Perfect Health DISCOVERING THE PERFECT POWER How to Use the Statements of Truth: • Relax and be still for a few minutes. • Now read the Statement of Truth through at least three times. • In silence, meditate on this thought for a few minutes. • You can write the statement on a card and carry it with you. Read the Statement of Truth and meditate on it as often as you can. • Read the Statement of Truth just before you go to sleep, and go to sleep meditating on it. jonnyblaq2: “Now behold, would not this increase your faith?” (Alma 32:27–29). So we can increase our faith in God by acting on our desire to have faith in Him. We can also increase our faith by praying to Heavenly Father about our hopes, desires, and needs (see Alma 34:17–26). But we must not suppose that all we have to do is ask. We are told in the scriptures that “faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone” (James 2:17). The following story is about a man whose faith was shown by his works. jonnyblaq2: We must center our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. To have faith in Jesus Christ means to have such trust in Him that we obey whatever He commands. As we place our faith in Jesus Christ, becoming His obedient disciples, Heavenly Father will forgive our sins and prepare us to return to Him. The Apostle Peter preached that “there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12; see also Mosiah 3:17). Jacob taught that men must have “perfect faith in the Holy One of Israel [Jesus Christ], or they cannot be saved in the kingdom of God” (2 Nephi 9:23). Through faith in the Savior and through repentance, we make His Atonement fully effective in our lives. Through faith we can also receive strength to overcome temptations (see Alma 37:33). jonnyblaq2: Faith is a “hope for things which are not seen, which are true” (Alma 32:21; see also Hebrews 11:1). Faith is a principle of action and power that motivates our day-to-day activities. Would we study and learn if we did not believe we could obtain wisdom and knowledge? Would we work each day if we did not hope that by doing so we could accomplish something? Would a farmer plant if he did not expect to harvest? Each day we act upon things we hope for when we cannot see the end result. This is faith. (See Hebrews 11:3.) |
