Word of the week - Adoration; Week of 6/10/12

Adoration is a word most are reluctant to use for anyone outside the immediate family. Girlfriends might use it for one another, when there is a supportive connection amongst them. It implies some level, more below the surface of a casual friendship, of intimacy. A mother could easily use it for her children. Couples deeply in love express it in a way which is evident to the observer, without saying a word. I often wonder if we expressed it more to our friends, with authentic caring, would this change the world?

God loves us with this kind of affection. Who else would send their child to die so that we could be with them? That takes some extreme level of adoration. This life here is an exercise in accepting or rejecting that adoration, and being an adoration conductor. Light up a life with adoration today.

“When you are in the final days of your life, what will you want?

Will you hug that college degree in the walnut frame? Will you ask to be carried to the garage so you can sit in your car? Will you find comfort in rereading your financial statement? Of course not. What will matter then will be people. If relationships will matter most then, shouldn't they matter most now?”
― Max Lucado

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Abide

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6/17/12 - Word of the Week

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