When you give your mental assent to any idea, good or bad, you associate yourself with that idea and you incorporate it into your consciousness-to the extent that you realize it. When you read a passage of Scripture you will, if you assent to it mentally, incorporate it into your life to that extent.
This law, of course, works the other way too. If when you hear or read of some piece of injustice or cruelty, you approve it mentally by thinking that "it serves him right," you are associating yourself with that deed, and making it a part of your own life, even though you do not speak a word. It is the mental assent that counts.
Give your assent only to Truth.
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my numbers, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity...So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God...(Romans 7:22, 23,25).
Emmet Fox
We have Freedom of Choice in all decisions that we make on Earth. Sometimes we make choices without giving it much thought and end up making a choice that is hurtful to others and thus hurtful to our selves. Search out people and situations that are positive and support good works that are going on around you; or around the world. We need to take part in the positive decisions of this life on Earth, and not be with those who laugh at love and have no understanding of compassion.
There is so much love to express that we can spend our whole lives and not get everything said or done, but if we are constantly aware of the other lives around us and determine to speak about the beauty of the world around us, then we are expressing love at its highest level.
I'm sorry, but I am getting very ill and will have to finish my thoughts tomorrow. I am so sorry to have to quit right now, but I have no choice. Thank you for listening to me and all of your support.
This law, of course, works the other way too. If when you hear or read of some piece of injustice or cruelty, you approve it mentally by thinking that "it serves him right," you are associating yourself with that deed, and making it a part of your own life, even though you do not speak a word. It is the mental assent that counts.
Give your assent only to Truth.
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my numbers, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity...So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God...(Romans 7:22, 23,25).
Emmet Fox
We have Freedom of Choice in all decisions that we make on Earth. Sometimes we make choices without giving it much thought and end up making a choice that is hurtful to others and thus hurtful to our selves. Search out people and situations that are positive and support good works that are going on around you; or around the world. We need to take part in the positive decisions of this life on Earth, and not be with those who laugh at love and have no understanding of compassion.
There is so much love to express that we can spend our whole lives and not get everything said or done, but if we are constantly aware of the other lives around us and determine to speak about the beauty of the world around us, then we are expressing love at its highest level.
I'm sorry, but I am getting very ill and will have to finish my thoughts tomorrow. I am so sorry to have to quit right now, but I have no choice. Thank you for listening to me and all of your support.
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