As seen in Barnes & Noble, “Why Black Men Love White Women” Really? Some books deserve to be judged by their covers…
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People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway. If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.
There are a million quotes and saying about opportunity and risk. In order to gain something, you have to take a chance. Otherwise, you’ll never get anywhere. Every person you meet is a potential something—friend, lover, confidant, partner in crime, or that long-lost sister or brother that fate forgot to give you. It’s rather daunting to think about it; there’s potential in every chance meeting, in every casual acquaintance, in every little accident that life throws your way. The trouble is, if you’re not paying attention, you might miss what might’ve been. You might miss a connection, an opportunity, a possible something.
People always says you can’t lose what you never had, but I think I’m inclined to disagree. If any opportunity isn’t seized, it is still lost. You’ve lost that potential, that maybe, that experience that might’ve been. So, yes, it’s not exactly like losing your keys. Instead, it’s like losing the phone number of someone you like, but never had the chance to call. It was there, in your grasp—that maybe—and now, it’s not.
Can we ever get back to that place? That place where something is possible? It depends, really, on the situation, the players, and a myriad of circumstance. Things change, people change, lives change. So, you might get a second chance (or a third, or a fourth), but it’s the first chance. It’s a new one; it’s different.
It could also mean we’re missing out on potential stalkers but the way you look at it sounds alot better than me.
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True love is costly. Those who truly love give the best they can offer and are willing to sacrifice everything they have for the beloved. God willingly paid the price for our redemption – the sacrifice of his only begotten Son. That’s the nature of true friendship and love – the willingness to give all for the beloved. True friends will lay down their lives for each other. Jesus tells us that he is our friend and he loves us whole-heartedly and unconditionally. He wants us to love one another just as he loves us, whole-heartedly and without reserve. His love fills our hearts and transforms our minds and frees us to give ourselves in loving service to others. If we open our hearts to his love and obey his command to love our neighbor, then we will bear much fruit in our lives, fruit that will last for eternity. Do you wish to be fruitful and to abound in the love of God?
Don Schwager, DailyScripture.net
Everytime I think about how true love is completely sacrificial it takes me back a bit. Love really doesn’t go half way, it goes all the way. This hit me hard this morning.
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in all honesty, my mother. through everything she is able to do everything with immense grace.
Good question…I think I”ll answer it in my comments section later
Ok, got it now. After my Mom of course it would have to be my Aunt Eugenia who’s a second mother to me, raised me through my teens in Naija and introduced me to a more abundant Christian life at 15.
Faith makes all things possible, Hope makes all things work and Love makes all things beautiful. May you have all three for Christmas! Have a blessed Holiday