Metanoeite

"It is obvious what kind of life develops out of trying to get your own way all the time..."

Seething was sensed then seen in their presence; and I was reminded there's evidence of election and proof of perdition.

"It's axiomatic."

"What happens when we live God's way?
He brings gifts into our lives;
much the same way that
fruit
appears
in
the orchard."

Metanoeite

"The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love."

I've never felt so wrong about being so right as when I've demanded dogmatic high-stepping to my beat.

"Sing with Me, 'Love, love, love...love is all you need!'"

"Love is the best!"

Metanoeite

"Light has come into the world."

He doesn't want to be saved.

"Some people are like that."

"People love darkness."

Metanoeite LXLXXX

"The fruit of the Spirit or evidence of communion with God is..."

What can I do for consistently miserable people?

"Nothing!"

"Go deeper!"

Metanoeite CXLXXIV

"Love each other just as much as I love you."

Everybody told me to give up on him.

"Not Me."

"How can I give you up, O Ephraim!
How can I hand you over, O Israel!
For I am God and not man,
The Holy One
in
your midst."

Metanoeite CXLXXIII

"Do not think of yourself more highly than you should...I advise
every last one of you not to overestimate your importance."

So many people are so thin-skinned.

"It takes one to know one."

"Therefore, in all your dealings with people,
treat them as you want to be treated.
This, in a nutshell, is the essence
of all our moral and religious
principles."

Metanoeite CXLXXII

"God loves the world so much that..."

As a mosquito flew into my nose during the downswing on the 15th tee, I thought of an old friend who warned, "Just one flea can make a big dog itch."

"Even when you're really annoying, I don't swat you away."

"As a hen gathers her chicks under her wings..."