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Hey B-field, my name is Jessica and my mom and I moved here nearly 6 years ago; and I'm really glad we did. I've spent my life chasing happiness, through money, through other people, through the things of this world.. when I say that I have fallen short of being a friend of Jesus, trust me when I say that is a HUGE understatement. I am guilty of breaking God's laws and don't deserve God's grace. I know pain, I know suffering... but I am learning love.. God's love. And  that surpasses everything in this world.

 If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.
--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Most of us make trouble for ourselves by over-reacting to what others say or do. We have conditioned ourselves to see everyone else as "the enemy" rather than look within ourselves for the real cause of our distress.

If we can pause long enough to uncover our own hidden discomfort and distorted attitudes before we react with harsh criticism or vindictive silence, we can change our destructive first impulses into a loving interchange between individuals.

Today let me not be quick to criticize or condemn another. I will look at others as friends, not as foes, on my journey toward self-discovery.

There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer;
no disease that enough love will not heal;
no door that enough love will not open;
no gulf that enough love will not bridge;
no wall that enough love will not throw down;
no sin that enough love will not redeem...
It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble;
how hopeless the outlook; how muddled the tangle; how great the mistake.
A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all.
If only you could love enough you would be
the happiest and most powerful being in the world...
~Emmet Fox~

 I found my reason....

Romans 5:8 

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

User Name:freethinker
Real Name:Jessica S
Email:jlynn_180@yahoo.com
Gender:female
Member Since:September 05, 2006
Last Signed In:August 29, 2008
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