My Favorite Verses - Vol I (thru Sept 14)

Now can we go the rest of our lives without "sinning" in this way ever
again? Probably not ... And yet our Purpose is not to become perfect for the rest of
our lives (Thank God for that ... literally!) No, our Mission in Life is simply to
repeatedly re-awaken our Soul; to repeatedly become a Child of God anew by
knowing & then enlivening a divine & perfect LOVE for others. And we are not to
do so permanently or even consistently over any period of time. We are simply
asked to do so for one brief instant -- this present instant; this particular moment;
this one you are currently living, right here & right now.
And that's it ... That's all we have to do: in those moments when you are
yearning for something, choose to think on the well-being of another instead of your
own pleasure; in those moments you are being attacked, choose to be Kind to your
enemies instead of attacking them in return or defending yourself; in those moments
when you are fantasizing about another or wanting to flirt with them, choose to be
gentle & Loving towards your current spouse or partner instead.
And remember: we don't have to do so for "the rest of our lives"; a task so
daunting that we tend to give up before we even get started. No, we only have to
extend this pure, selfless LOVE for one little moment -- this moment … and then we
simply must choose to do so again & again & again. Every time we do so, we will
be returning to LOVE and allowing our True Self to be reborn. And every time we
don't, we simply need to pause and choose to choose anew once more.
So, the next time you are tempted to
betray your wife or your husband or your
partner in any way -- either physically via
flirting or affair, or mentally via lust or
fantasy -- try remembering who you truly
Are instead.
For just one moment -- just that
moment -- try returning to LOVE.
Amen ... Let it be so.
*P.S. In case you are interested, the Bible itself incorrectly says that Jesus was born of a "virgin". While Matthew 1:23
does indeed contain the Greek word "parthenos", which can mean "virgin" in the traditional sense, this particular verse
makes this claim while restating a prophecy from the Old Testament book of Isaiah (Isaiah 7:14); a prophecy which
employs the Hebrew term "almah" -- a word which scholars agree means "a young woman of child-bearing age", NOT an
actual "virgin" … And yet, despite this convenient manipulation of scripture by Matthew's author, it is indeed possible that
Jesus was born of a virgin. Parthenogensis, the ability to reproduce non-sexually, is an ability found in quite a few species
on Earth -- including aphids, honeybees, hammerhead sharks, certain types of geckos, Komodo dragons, and some
chickens & turkeys. And in 2007, the International Stem Cell Corporation was even able to create human stem cells from
unfertilized human eggs using parthenogenesis. So even though it is extremely unlikely that Jesus was conceived nonsexually,
it is possible that he was … Of course, these tidbits of Truth actually don't matter one bit. After all, it doesn't take
a miraculous birth to make how Jesus selflessly lived and how Jesus selflessly LOVED to be seen as fully miraculous ...
They were then ... They still are now ... And in your own life, they could be yet again!
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