Tag: love

Love is…Humble

Posted on by Michael Rose
Brennan Manning once said that true humility is not a poor opinion of yourself, rather, no opinion of yourself.  So it is with authentic love.   Love simply loves unaware that it is actually loving – it just does.  Love is unselfconscious.   Consider a lamp.  An illumined lamp gives light not because it is…
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Love Wins (1 Cor. 13:8)

Posted on by Michael Rose
I am amazed how the perfect love of God works in and through His good creation but have been surprised at the reaction of some folks.  These sincere people get concerned that when we talk about love, it must be at the expense of truth.   They suspect love is different than truth as if the truth…
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overcoming failure

Failure isn’t Fatal

Posted on by Michael Rose
There is a classic line in one of my favorite Batman movies (yes… I like superhero movies). It comes from the Dark Knight, and it is a question that is asked several times throughout the movie and often in the aftermath of failure or in the face of fear of a great challenge. The question…
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Success is …

Posted on by Michael Rose
Money, fancy cars, big homes, power, and fame – We all seem to hold certain cultural ideas of success. However, throughout various stages of  life, in practical terms, our ideas of success changes.  I came across this short story and in a silly way it speaks to our ideas of what exactly success is over a…
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45 Things to Live Well (16-20)

Posted on by Michael Rose
We continue with the 45 things we can do to live well, and this installment is good ol’ fashioned horse sense.  Ever wonder how cliches came to be?  I think cliches are great “suitcase” sayings that are a simple way of expressing a bit of wisdom that has been found to be helpful over time….
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50 Shades of Love :: Marriages

Posted on by Michael Rose
The statistics have been reported in many places, and for many, about half of all marriages will fail. This is not another heavy for those who have been kicked around the Church because they’re divorced.  The reality is life happens, and I don’t believe for a moment anyone decides to get married intending they will…
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Special in a Real way

Posted on by Michael Rose
A powerful address by this teacher to the graduating class and it seems many others think so too for this speech has gone viral and the subject of many a blog post.  It seems to me to awaken / jar some of us from our slumber, warm the hearts of some of us older folks…
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Healing Power of Gratitude

Posted on by Michael Rose
Many of us grew up having had “good” manners drilled into us.  Please and thank you being the “magic words” of etiquette but more than just being polite, showing gratitude may just have some unexpected and profound healing effects.   Who doesn’t like to be thanked, to be recognized in an appropriate way when we have…
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