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Goodness Within the last posting, I pointed out that we needed a word that could summarize many of the factors, qualities, etc.; that impact our Quality of Life. I feel that “Goodness” does that. Well let’s see what the dictionary says about this word: the state or quality of being good, specifically virtue, excellence, kindness, generosity, benevolence, gentleness, (good – acceptable, healthy, strong, unspoiled, uncontaminated, dependable,reliable, adequate, ample, sufficient, satisfying, morally sound, pious, kind, benevolent, generous, sympathetic, well-behaved, useful, serviceable, suitable to a purpose, effective, efficient, competent, producing favorable results, beneficial, skilled, agreeable , enjoyable, happy, honorable, fair, something contributing to health. I think you can see this includes all that would make the quality of your life greatly improved.
When you were young (in the physical world) you were wished a good life by all the adults around you. It continued through school and into the real word. You, also wanted good for yourself, and others. It definitely impacted your life.
But you may have noticed that at least half of the definition related to the spiritual world. Here is some additional areas: being productive in both worlds, difficult to ignite, easy to stifle, self giving, liberating and nurturing, uplifting, holy (good relationship with God) and finally abundant life. I think you can see that “goodness” is a powerful word and covers all we need to work on in this blog.
Let us just make a very brief start on fully understanding this word and how to use it to improve our quality of life. Some people see good all around them, while others see nothing but evil. What is the difference? Our souls become filters through which we perceive goodness or evil. The pure (those who have God in control of their lives) learn to see goodness and purity even in the evil world. But non-God controlled people, find evil in everything because their evil minds and spirits color even the good they see and hear. Whatever you choose to fill your mind with will affect the way you think and act. Turn your thoughts to sharing love with God, and you will discover more and more goodness, even in this evil world. A mind filled with goodness has little room for what is evil.
God works in “all things” – not just isolated incidents – for the good of His plans to share love. This does not mean that all that happens to us is good. Evil is prevalent in this world, but God is able to turn every circumstances around for our long-range good. Note that God is not working to make us happy, but to fulfill his purpose. Note also that this good is not for everybody. It is good only for those who love God and their lives are under His control. Only those have a new perspective, a new mind-set on life. They trust in God , not life’[s treasures they look for their security in God’s love, not on earth, they learn to access, not resent, pain and persecution because God is with them.
Well as you can see, there is a lot to learn. Well God has sent us an example for us to look at to see how we should live this life, We shall look at him in the next post.
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Goodness Within the last posting, I pointed out that we needed a word that could summarize many of the factors, qualities, etc.; that impact our Quality of Life. I feel that “Goodness” does that. Well let’s see what the dictionary says about this word: the state or quality of being good, specifically virtue, excellence, kindness, generosity, benevolence, gentleness, (good – acceptable, healthy, strong, unspoiled, uncontaminated, dependable,reliable, adequate, ample, sufficient, satisfying, morally sound, pious, kind, benevolent, generous, sympathetic, well-behaved, useful, serviceable, suitable to a purpose, effective, efficient, competent, producing favorable results, beneficial, skilled, agreeable , enjoyable, happy, honorable, fair, something contributing to health. I think you can see this includes all that would make the quality of your life greatly improved.
When you were young (in the physical world) you were wished a good life by all the adults around you. It continued through school and into the real word. You, also wanted good for yourself, and others. It definitely impacted your life.
But you may have noticed that at least half of the definition related to the spiritual world. Here is some additional areas: being productive in both worlds, difficult to ignite, easy to stifle, self giving, liberating and nurturing, uplifting, holy (good relationship with God) and finally abundant life. I think you can see that “goodness” is a powerful word and covers all we need to work on in this blog.
Let us just make a very brief start on fully understanding this word and how to use it to improve our quality of life. Some people see good all around them, while others see nothing but evil. What is the difference? Our souls become filters through which we perceive goodness or evil. The pure (those who have God in control of their lives) learn to see goodness and purity even in the evil world. But non-God controlled people, find evil in everything because their evil minds and spirits color even the good they see and hear. Whatever you choose to fill your mind with will affect the way you think and act. Turn your thoughts to sharing love with God, and you will discover more and more goodness, even in this evil world. A mind filled with goodness has little room for what is evil.
God works in “all things” – not just isolated incidents – for the good of His plans to share love. This does not mean that all that happens to us is good. Evil is prevalent in this world, but God is able to turn every circumstances around for our long-range good. Note that God is not working to make us happy, but to fulfill his purpose. Note also that this good is not for everybody. It is good only for those who love God and their lives are under His control. Only those have a new perspective, a new mind-set on life. They trust in God , not life’[s treasures they look for their security in God’s love, not on earth, they learn to access, not resent, pain and persecution because God is with them.
Well as you can see, there is a lot to learn. Well God has sent us an example for us to look at to see how we should live this life, We shall look at him in the next post.
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