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If Only Are there words any more defeating?

I remember long ago sitting on my front porch with a friend who told me that if only he had

an extra hundred dollars a month then everything would be okay.

What sad is now decades later he is still saying that, but he's added a zero to the goal.

If Only If implies chance and only somehow diminishes the goal, so if only we would reach

higher.

The theme for this meditation from 1 Corinthians chapter 13 is the way of love.

Being aware of the chance of earthly goals and mindful of the heavenly way, a higher way

if only we would strive for the way of God's love.

So no matter whether dawn or dusk, this contemplative meditation is a quiet retreat for you to

leave the world behind and pursue the way of divine love.

Sintering by becoming aware of God resting within you as you breathe, allowing your eyes

to move from open to a soft gaze to closed as you center on God's presence at rest within

you, centering on this place of tranquility, this time of peace, and this singular moment

becoming an eternity in the way of love through God, Spirit and Son.

Continue by responding now to this passage from 1 John chapter 4, as I lead us, respond

softly and simply, the love of God.

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