It is all about LOVE: Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom!
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
—James 3:13
—James 3:13
Brothers and sisters:
Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts.
But I shall show you a still more excellent way.
If I speak in human and angelic tongues
but do not have love,
I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal.
And if I have the gift of prophecy
and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge;
if I have all faith so as to move mountains,
but do not have love, I am nothing.
If I give away everything I own,
and if I hand my body over so that I may boast
but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind.
It is not jealous, love is not pompous,
it is not inflated, it is not rude,
it does not seek its own interests,
it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury,
it does not rejoice over wrongdoing
but rejoices with the truth.
It bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails.
If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing;
if tongues, they will cease;
if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing.
For we know partially and we prophesy partially,
but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.
When I was a child, I used to talk as a child,
think as a child, reason as a child;
when I became a man, I put aside childish things.
At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror,
but then face to face.
At present I know partially;
then I shall know fully, as I am fully known.
So faith, hope, love remain, these three;
but the greatest of these is love.
Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts.
But I shall show you a still more excellent way.
If I speak in human and angelic tongues
but do not have love,
I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal.
And if I have the gift of prophecy
and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge;
if I have all faith so as to move mountains,
but do not have love, I am nothing.
If I give away everything I own,
and if I hand my body over so that I may boast
but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind.
It is not jealous, love is not pompous,
it is not inflated, it is not rude,
it does not seek its own interests,
it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury,
it does not rejoice over wrongdoing
but rejoices with the truth.
It bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails.
If there are prophecies, they will be brought to nothing;
if tongues, they will cease;
if knowledge, it will be brought to nothing.
For we know partially and we prophesy partially,
but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass away.
When I was a child, I used to talk as a child,
think as a child, reason as a child;
when I became a man, I put aside childish things.
At present we see indistinctly, as in a mirror,
but then face to face.
At present I know partially;
then I shall know fully, as I am fully known.
So faith, hope, love remain, these three;
but the greatest of these is love.
—1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13
Jesus said to the crowds:
“To what shall I compare the people of this generation?
What are they like?
They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another,
‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance.
We sang a dirge, but you did not weep.’
For John the Baptist came neither eating food nor drinking wine,
and you said, ‘He is possessed by a demon.’
The Son of Man came eating and drinking and you said,
‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard,
a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’
But wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
—Luke 7:31-35
It is all about love in this life, this Earth School journey! I saw these three Bible verses today, they all resonated with me. The last two from the Catholic mass today. Great reminders! Especially for all the haters, TDS, and negative/sour people! Live with humility and love all people! All people! Pride, ego, envy, jealousy, insecurities always get in the way, rid yourself of all of them! This is the secret to success and getting into Heaven too I think! We see so many haters today, I never knew hate growing up, my parents never hated and we never hated anyone. I am blessed with that, I just do not like hearing hate, seeing it, or anything related to it. I was raised to follow Jesus, to reflect, forgive, imitate, and love like Him! That is what we are called to do! Love all people! There is no room for any hate in this Earth School journey! God doesn't want it. He wants us to love all people. I always try to be kind, thoughtful, caring, and loving to all. I call people. I write to them, I email, text for birthdays, I send gifts for birthdays, I try to always think of others. Not all do, although I am kind, many people do not like kind, nice, or loving people. They hate people like me who are nice. There are a lot of haters today, they are jealous, envious, insecure, and allow hate to blind them. It is sad to see, we see a lot of that today from the legacy media and all those who suffer from TDS, they look ridiculous for sure, to hear their rants and deranged behavior is not always pleasant to be around. I try to steer clear. I won't join any hate clubs! I just won't engage with haters, it is not healthy to be around this negativity and hate. These three Bible verses are all very good reminders for us, we are here to love one another, no matter what, love love love, even if others don't love you back, just love. Also, we need to have the wisdom and humility to live doing good deeds, loving others is part of that, do it with humility, show wisdom to all even if you disagree, try to always love. Jesus reminds us in the last reading in Luke a few good things, one is to live with joy, why be depressed, dance, live life, be happy in and don't judge or persecute people like how they treated both He and John the Baptist, as if they were not of sound minds or crazy, but they were normal, they hated them, and they had both of them killed, Jesus loved everyone, sinners and saints alike, He did not show partiality, we shouldn't either, we just need to love all. When we know and practice this wisdom of love and humility we will be vindicated, trust in God, He will give victory to all who honor what Jesus stands for here in these readings! They echo a powerful message of love we must have for all people in this Earth School journey. He stands for love! If we are wise, we will live with hearts of humility and love! Got it y'all?

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