A Lesson in Love

Thanksgiving to Christmas can be difficult. The two seasons and how society displays the presence of family and friends gatherings make it more difficult for those alone.

Why do marketers show commercials of lonely people looking at their neighbors having family and friends over? This only intensifies the feeling of loneliness. 

But there is a lesson to be learned here. We should not wait until these two seasons come to focus our attention on the lonely. Every month throughout the year, we should seek those people out and, at minimum, make a phone call or a short visit. 

We have a mandate to take care of anyone in our circle of friends and to seek out the ones who have no one.

God tells us to love one another. It's as simple as that. It doesn't cost one penny to be kind to everyone we meet this time of year. 

Use this holiday season to practice what you will do every month in the upcoming New Year.     

 

Thankful Month

Thankful Month

As the country prepares for Thanksgiving Day, most settle around a dinner table, eat too much, watch a football game, and fall asleep. I think there is more to it than this, or it should be.

I get the whole idea of having a meal because it gathers family and friends together. But do we really need the meal to do this?

Why does it have to be one day out of the year to be thankful?

Expressing gratitude should be a daily practice, not just a one-day event. It's easy to say we're thankful every day, but do our actions reflect this? After the Thanksgiving weekend, we often slip back into our work routine, errands, and other daily activities. Are we truly living a life of gratitude each day?

There are a lot of questions we should ask ourselves every day. We are only here for a short time, and the significant people in our lives should not be acknowledged as a one-day-out-of-the-year event centered around a turkey. It should be every day. 

Tell all those who are part of your life how much you love them and value their friendship. Be especially thankful that they are in your life. 

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Lent = Love

This year, Lent was on Valentine's Day.  It is an appropriate day because we often think of Lent as a time of suffering and sacrifice, and we do not generally think of that as a type of love. But Lent is all about love. God wants us to be with Him for all eternity because we can sometimes be stubborn and want to do things our way, not God's. And like a parent, He looks after us and always wants the best. So, this Lent let us become the best child of God and return to Him with all the love we can.          

A Perfect Marriage

Three Words

Faith - Hope - Love

Three words we can live by everyday. Sometimes its hard and sometimes it's easy but all three everyday. These virtues can be applied to the things we do - at home - at work - or to anyone we meet. But more importantly God wants us to live by theses words. He wants us to live our lives while our short time here by the commandments he has given us. But if we are having difficulty then maybe theses three words are a place to start - Faith Hope Love.

Putting them in practice in our lives doesn't even have to start with interaction with those around us. Faith, by praying everyday. Hope, by living what God commands us so we will one day come in union with Him in heaven. And Love the greatest commandment - to love God with all your heart.

Three words to live by.....