James Castleton, MD, Mending Of A Broken Heart Famous Quotes
Reading James Castleton, MD, Mending Of A Broken Heart quotes, download and share images of famous quotes by James Castleton, MD, Mending Of A Broken Heart. Righ click to see or save pictures of James Castleton, MD, Mending Of A Broken Heart quotes that you can use as your wallpaper for free.
Holiness doesn't demand denial of happiness, only selfishness. Where unhappiness exists in a relationship, I would submit that such isn't the price of holiness but a sign of sin. It is an indication that one or both partners is holding to the wrong value system, that of self-love.
When husbands and wives love each other with agape, they meet the deepest needs God designed to be met in the very manner He intended. The result is a joy that is complete and a relationship where happiness is the fruit of holiness and meaning is the consequence of a loving relationship.
The less fortunate will never have what they need until we who are more fortunate realize how little we require to be happy.
Great hardship always seems to be the prerequisite to meaningful spiritual growth.
Happiness is the sense that my life is good because my biological needs are being met. Meaning is the sense that my life is significant because it has met the needs of another. Happiness bestows the feeling that I am whole. Meaning bestows the feeling that I matter and am valued. Happiness is an event, and meaning is a state. Happiness is the means to an end; meaning is an end in itself. Happiness fades; meaning accumulates.
I pray for insight where the path is veiled, fortitude where the obstacles appear insurmountable, endurance where the destination seems unattainable, and equanimity when all that remains is to accept the journey.
Agape is a sobering love to receive, for it says, 'If I cannot love you for who you are, then I will do so despite who you are.' It is unique in that it is able to love those whom it cannot like.
All philosophical traditions have attempted to distinguish a sense of emotional well-being that is lasting and "true" from one that is temporary and "false" - an experience that is enduring and independent of circumstance from one that is fleeting because it depends on circumstance.
God will spare no pains necessary to bring us into relationship with Himself, even as that may mean permitting whatever pain is necessary to do so. Suffering is the grist by which the mill of faith yields the raw material of new character, greater insight and deeper relationship with God.
Immature love seeks to change the beloved for its own benefit. Mature love seeks to see the beloved change for their benefit. Sacrificial love recognizes that there may be wounds so deep that their beloved may not be able to change. It is content to care, sometimes without the contentment which is to be found in being cared for.
The measure of a man's character may be the manner in which he treats the one who can do him no good, but the measure of his heart is the manner in which he loves the one who has hurt him. He who is unloving in his pain was never really loving in his happiness.
