It was the initial stage of Mother Teresa having stepped into Calcutta’s Motihil slum to teach. She was happy to see several children waiting for her on the steps of a railway bridge that led down into the slum. In trying to find a spot where they could meet, she noticed that the only open area was a tree near the slum.
With no blackboard, chalk, books or desks, Mother Teresa took a stick and used it to write in the mud. As the children squatted and watched, she traced the letters of the Bengali alphabet with stick. She made a start, and the rest is history.
Are you one of those persons who want to begin something, but wait for the perfect time and resources? This sort of mentality only serves as fuel to your excuses, and allow you to justify your inaction. If you want things to happen, then it’s up to you to make them happen. Make a start, and the rest will follow.
-Mother Teresa
Ephesians 3:17-19
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge — that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Does God Still Care?
Thoughts on Today's Verse....
Paul wants us to be solidly connected to each other in love. More than being able to understand all the unfathomable mysteries of the universe or the deep teachings of Scripture, knowing and sharing the love of Christ enables us to bring God's full blessing to others. While knowledge can be good, love is greater still. While power can be helpful, love is more helpful still. While experience can teach us many things, love teaches us to use what we know to bless. Let's be a people whose lives are lived in the environment of love. (cf. 1 Cor. 13)
Quotes about Christianity
.. “Do you know what hurts so very much? It's love. Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain. There are two things we can do when this happens. We can kill that love so that it stops hurting. But then of course part of us dies, too. Or we can ask God to open up another route for that love to travel.” ― Corrie ten Boom
.. “What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.” ― Hans Urs
.. “When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.” ― Hélder Câmara
With no blackboard, chalk, books or desks, Mother Teresa took a stick and used it to write in the mud. As the children squatted and watched, she traced the letters of the Bengali alphabet with stick. She made a start, and the rest is history.
Are you one of those persons who want to begin something, but wait for the perfect time and resources? This sort of mentality only serves as fuel to your excuses, and allow you to justify your inaction. If you want things to happen, then it’s up to you to make them happen. Make a start, and the rest will follow.
-Mother Teresa
Ephesians 3:17-19
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge — that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Does God Still Care?
Thoughts on Today's Verse....
Paul wants us to be solidly connected to each other in love. More than being able to understand all the unfathomable mysteries of the universe or the deep teachings of Scripture, knowing and sharing the love of Christ enables us to bring God's full blessing to others. While knowledge can be good, love is greater still. While power can be helpful, love is more helpful still. While experience can teach us many things, love teaches us to use what we know to bless. Let's be a people whose lives are lived in the environment of love. (cf. 1 Cor. 13)
Quotes about Christianity
.. “Do you know what hurts so very much? It's love. Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain. There are two things we can do when this happens. We can kill that love so that it stops hurting. But then of course part of us dies, too. Or we can ask God to open up another route for that love to travel.” ― Corrie ten Boom
.. “What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.” ― Hans Urs
.. “When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.” ― Hélder Câmara
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