Loneliness is a pain in our heart; it is very difficult to deal with. Partly at least because circumstance seems to validate the feeling. But there is much within loneliness that is essential to our growth. Contained in the pain of loneliness is yearning. If
Two cops peacefully sitting in their car were shot by a BLM gunman who snuck up and shot them in the face. It's very sad, our whole culture has to absorb this insane news of what is happening in our society. BLM also obstructed their way
The value of being able to see and feel that all good comes from God is that it opens us to receive. Believing all good comes from God orders the spiritual circuitry in our soul to receive and give the way it's meant
'There is none good but God'. This is a hard saying for many people. I remember I used to not get what it meant, or how it worked, so I couldn't really accept it. But now I can feel and sense the truth of it
Earl Biddle’s description of childhood anxiety, imagination, and omnipotence offers deep insight into the inner life of a child, and into adult psychological development. Biddle describes the inner life of the child and the importance of the child’s phantasies. ‘Phantasy’ emphasizes
All lines of meaning lead to the moment of the resurrection. The resurrection bursts like a sun on the timeline of history. It is a universal principle that the moment of union is a transcendent pinnacle of light, passion and perception. The resurrection is the
"I say to you there will be more Joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over 99 just persons who need no repentance".The greater the distance one has to 'traverse' to come to God, the greater the joy of salvation. Often those who
IN PRAISE OF JESUSThe reason we can intuitively see God in nature, in the innate moral yearnings of man, and in the Word, is that these are the three realms of life through which correspondences work. Nature: Everything in nature has a corresponding counterpart that
Evangelical religion teaches that Christ is yet to come; that sometime in the future He will return to earth and lead a grand parade on a white horse and take the good up with him, and send the bad down. On the other side, scientific
Swedenborg tells us that the Lord was tempted and assaulted by evil during His whole life. The 40 days the Lord was tempted by the devil in the mountains is symbolic language; in actuality temptations and assault from evil forces took place his whole life.
