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.

Tired of the Pain

Emotional pain, while different than physical pain, can be excruciating. If left to run its own course it can wreak havoc on one's health and tie up the good that might otherwise be done in so many areas of life, and for an indefinite time.

When physical pain is extreme many turn to morphine or some kind of drug for relief, but there is no morphine for the crying soul. In reality, healing is needed, spiritual awakening, rather than something soporific. When one gets tired of the emotional pain, this becomes a turning point.

Often the turning point is accompanied by a redirecting of the force of the afflicting thought-patterns to an energy of philanthropy in a motive to do good to others. To help, heal, uplift, make happy, aid, support, or otherwise bless our fellow-man or other creatures on the planet, supplies recovery power to the honest giver.

What is your top area of interest? How could you envision this helping others? What could you read about or research for hours that would feel like mere moments to you? Connect with this thing.

Ask God to direct and guide you, and then stop talking! In the book of Revelation, when the 7th seal is broken, there is "silence in heaven for the space of half an hour" (8:1). Quiet your thought and listen spiritually. You can do this. Angel messages will occur. You will be guided. "Ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full" Jesus taught (John 16:24). Ask what the Father wants you to do to bless others out of a pure heart, and expect to receive ideas that are good. These ideas are blessed and in accord with His will. They lead to unselfish, kind, uplifting, edifying words and actions. They rebuild your life, better and higher than before. They strengthen and bless everyone.

Redirecting thought spiritually with purpose can only work good. It does not indicate that one no longer cares very deeply about a loved one who has suffered misfortune or who has passed, in fact, it honors that one. Right, loving, and good activity goes on eternally and is always blessed of our Father. You may resolve to know that all your endeavors to move forward in this productive and positive manner, all of it shows honor, respect, and love.

The most important thing is to love and honor God which means that one must express the qualities of the I AM through kindness, gratitude, diligence, unselfishness, generosity, pure thoughts, good deeds, grace, spiritual power, affection, intelligence, wisdom, and so forth. This is the nature of the divine, and the true nature of man as God's image (Gen. 1:26). Employed by these things all that you put your hand to is blessed, and all who remain in your heart are blessed.

Tired of the pain? Redirect. Ask. Listen. Act. Bless and be blessed.