If we are to love our neighbor in the same way we love God – without full knowledge and understanding –it's difficult to find a place in our minds for hell and damnation; still clinging to each other as deserving of a forgiveness even God cannot give.

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When we pray for guidance we need not look for an answer – God's guidance is a given. What we are really praying for is to feel guided; to be comforted in our confusion and reinforced in our conviction.

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Forgetting what asking means among us and recognizing what our asking means to God -- this takes away our fear and teaches us more about the relationship between us and God.

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This is the ultimate experience – something we could not appreciate if we didn't first lack it. This imperfect world where we find ourselves in need of God is the only way possible to experience the joy of attaining Him.  That is why life is imperfect, but the good news is that out of need comes satisfaction, out of fear comes hope, out of loneliness comes companionship, out of hurt comes help, and out of loss comes love.

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We get the feeling that if we could lose our preconceived influences altogether and start over by facing reality in purity and simplicity, we would get to the point where we would feel comfortable deep inside our spirits.

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I sleep in another world separated from Reality; I dream of things that never really are, and wake up gathered in God's arms for my innocence.  Not one cell goes unloved after the care given its creation; after I have been used in God's transcendent plan.

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To glorify Him is to prepare ourselves with humility and obedience to be His ambassadors; when we ourselves are approachable we demonstrate that God is present and available to all.

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Console me God, for I'm human. When You put me on a path and then throw obstacles in the way, is it to show me how to abandon the path or to encourage me to fight against the obstacles?

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The experience is not uncommon, but the recognition of it is a special favor.  If you were to recognize the presence of God each time the presence of God was presented to you, you would be in a constant state of communion with the Creator.

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If you pray for something God wants, no one can get in the way of its happening. And if God doesn't want what you prayed for, He still accepts your prayer and will give you better gifts than you ever thought you wanted.

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