Healing through Love

Continuing the last post concerning healing through Love, we turn to the second portion of I Corinthians 15, "And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing."

Henry Drummond's short work, The Greatest Thing in the World, includes the following concerning this passage: "Love is greater than faith, because the end is greater than the means. What is the use of having faith? It is to connect the soul with God. And what is the object of connecting man with God? That he may become like God." To become God-like one must consciously realize himself to be the "image and likeness" of Him who is Love (Genesis 1:26). “If I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.”

Moving a mountain, when considered as a thing happening in consciousness, represents freeing thought from some huge, menacing suggestion of permanent evil such as incurability, disease, aging, forgetfulness, bad temper, scarcity-mentality, and so forth. If by faith you manage to move one of these mountainous beliefs from consciousness, to shake the conviction of the danger, limitation, or threat, but you have no love -- you will not profit. We want to move the mountain through Love-imbued faith. The mental steps must be accompanied by Christly affection.

When I was healed of smoking through prayer (addiction-mountain), the one praying with me exuded so much love and compassion as to impress my heart and soul forever with the richness of Love's power.  It would not have been so transforming without the pure affection. Faith in God and in the prayer was a big part of the instantaneous release, but the lingering sense that I was loved profited me the most.

REPEATED ACTION STEP FROM THE LAST BLOG: Get Henry Drummond's book and check back here each day for extra help on implementing its ideas. Drummond challenges his readers to read this Scripture each day for a month, promising incredible transformation. Further, this blog will take a small portion of the Scripture each day to completion to aid in assimilating and applying the ideas that comprise this greatest thing that is within you -- this most powerful healing thing called Love.

Love is greater than the power of prediction through grace, it is stronger than anyone's personal understanding, and it is necessary to crown faith's moving of a mountain to raise the event to the level   of a full and permanent blessing. Have faith, but have more love.

Drummond, Henry (2011-01-01). The Greatest Thing in the World, Experience the Enduring Power of Love (p. 3). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

Fear Freezes; Love Frees

The thing most feared, can be met best by reflecting that radiance of the One infinite Love.

Fear freezes us. Love frees us.

It's not human love that is needed, but the divine Love that "faith never" (I Cor. 13:8).
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1Cor. 13:8 ¶ Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 

If you can, try to order a book by Henry Drummond, called The Greatest Thing in the World. It dissects the famous passages on love found in that chapter of Corinthians, and gives plenty of ideas for applying the ideas in your life. This book can be found on Amazon. It is small but mighty.
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While waiting for your tiny but powerful book (decades old, but timeless) prayerfully meditate on the radiance of Love, as soon as possible upon awakening, and each time you are settling in to rest or sleep. The universe is filled with the Being that is all-Love.

To take a few minutes or more to focus quietly on this light of Love (alone and still) will bring a measure of peace and comfort right away; further, it will seep into all that has to do with you in the most effective, gentle, and beneficial ways.

Our sense of personal love (which can be so vast, so deep, so amazing), when placed by the one Source of all affection that radiates this feeling, tangibility, and power, is as beautiful candlelight next to the fullness of the sun at noon. The apostle explains, "We love because He first loved us" (I John 4:19).  We love because we are His reflection, His expression -- one with the divine Love as a ray of light to its source.

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Love will not fail you, and has not. Love is embracing all of us right now, and caring for us. Love sees each of us and holds us to Himself in tenderness.