The thought of peace, joy, love always pops in our minds. Theses three states of emotion or states of being for humans and society always finds its way back into our thoughts no matter how developed a country or society we become. Why is it that we want peace, joy, and love so much? We work so hard to attain financial freedom hoping that it brings us joy. We work so hard to be the top of our class or company to attain respect so we may experience love. We promote justice and equality in the workplace, schools, and communities so we may experience peace. After working tireless by our own efforts and means to achieve it, we discover that these so-called peace, joy, and love are just a reflection of the real thing. If the real origin of peace, joy, and love does not exist, then there is no reflection to be made. God is the origin of the virtues of peace, joy, and love and without God, these virtues cannot be reflected upon. In order to receive these gifts, we must receive the Spirit of God for the world will come together. Though we are all different in race, background, language, we will be united to work together as one, guided by the Spirit of God.
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Bridging the Gap: Speaking a universal language
It is said that prayers are answered in some ways but not always in the way we want them to. As long as we continue to seek God, our prayers will eventually be answered. So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you (Luke 11:9)
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Peace, Joy, Love
1 Corinthians 12:12-31
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body -Jews or Greeks, slave or free – and we were all made to drink of the one Spirit…
We can only reflect the virtues of joy, peace, and love if we already have that in us. Do not be fooled with things in this world that promise these virtues. Just like ads and commercials that promise weight loss with just a pill or get rich schemes with just little or no effort to start, all these sounds promising and real but at the end, in order to really lose weight, you need to eat right and create a healthy lifestyle and getting rich does not happen overnight but involves hard work and perseverance. If we want peace, joy, and love in our lives and in our country, it involves opening our ears and hearts to the Word of God. It is in His name that we bear the fruit that will become peace, joy, and love opening us to blessings.
As you listen to this moving song “In Jesus Name”, hear the words of hope and possibility. Sometimes all we can do in some circumstances is to pray and speak His name, to ask for help from above for breakthroughs, miracles, healings, and renewal.
Prayers
May you be granted the grace to see, hear, and do God’s work in promoting peace, joy, and love. May you embody these virtues so it can shine and reflect onto those around you.
To remember what we learned, we must always write it, share it and teach it to someone else, so it becomes concrete in us.
Journal Tips:
There are many things in the news that are lacking peace, joy, and love. Sit silently for 10-15 minutes to meditate and reflect. Imagine you are in the grandest botanic garden that has magnificent flowers, trees of all kinds. Within this garden lies different themed gardens made of flowers of different virtues. Imagine yourself cultivating this garden of the soul. The more you feed and water it, the more vibrant the blooms become.
“Bloom where you are planted”. – St. Francis de Sales
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