"This is how the people of God may guide themselves and their own actions along the way. If there is no love evident in the words and the heart, then the words and the actions are not of God, but of something else.
Love is not what we do, but how we do what we do. Love is found in the most ordinary things, not in grand gestures and elaborate mannerisms, but in the small daily acts of kindness and fellowship, done lovingly and with care, for His sake. It is how we carry our cross, not in front of a cheering crowd, but in the quiet moments, and the little things, while walking with Him.
We do not need to hate and reject the world, and despise and subdue His creation. They are a gift from God, to which we bring our own good use and order in His name. And if we are wise, with our reverent wonder. We can work with His gifts lovingly, and not abuse them from excess and greed.
It is not the world that is a source of evil, but the willfulness of our hearts, made hard with pride. Only love is creative and productive. Only love is accepting and uplifting, able to bring all things forward to His plan and make them new. Love consecrates, while sin desecrates and destroys in its lust for possession and the will to power."
Jesse, 24 June 2015
"Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The old heaven and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. I also saw a holy city, a new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 'Behold, God’s dwelling is with the human race. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God will always be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there shall be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain, for the old order has passed away.'
The one who sat on the throne said, 'Behold, I make all things new.'"
Revelation 21:1-5
"When experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
George Santayana
Gold and silver came in ripping higher after the holiday break.
But alas, the gods of the market and masters of the universe did not find it in their will to allow such an unseemly breakout.
Stocks slumped hard again, although they did bounce back a little in the late trade.
The VIX reading is odd. It opened at 22.90 and apparently just camped out there all day. Let's see if that was an error that gets corrected. Hard to believe in such a lively market.
There will be a Non-Farm payrolls report on Friday.
The days may change, but the song remains the same.
Have a pleasant evening.
