Looking Back: Love as the Only Starting Point

14 03 2010

In August 2008, I posted a wonderful quotation from Thelma Hall’s Too Deep For Words, a wonderful book on the theme of lectio divina. She suggested that “the great saints and mystics have been those who fully accepted God’s love for them. It is this which makes everything else possible.”

Read more of this post at “Love as the Only Starting Point”

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14 03 2010
Wendell Pettus

Alan: It was really nice to see you at Bethany this Sunday the 14th. It was great to catch up on the news. God Bless you in your ministry.

14 03 2010
alanfadling

Wendell–I must have been there in spirit, because I wasn’t there in person. I wonder who was there today that reminded you of me…

16 03 2010
A Little Treasure Hunting « Alan Fadling: Notes from my Journey

[...] “Love at the Only Starting Point” – The great saints haven’t been the one climbing highest on the moral ladder, but the one who have let themselves be loved most by God (and loved Him back). [...]

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