Mental Prayer Meditation Helps
Presence of God
Grace I Ask: To learn true love from you.
The Idea: God shows us true love. Love is the desire to be united with the one we love. The lover wants the very best for his beloved; he wants her happiness; he wants to ward off sorrow and unhappiness from her. He is totally forgetful of what he gets out of love. He just wants everything good and noble and beautiful for his loved one. Love is a total giving of self, a total forgetting of self. What a far cry from the sentimental, movie brand of love! Self-seeking and emotionalism are a poor basis for married happiness!
My Personal Application: What do I mean by love? When I love someone, do I want to do and give as much as I can for that person? Whom do I love?
I Speak to God: Dear Father in heaven, teach me to love as you have loved me. Teach me to find my love in making the one I love happy, in doing things for others, not seeking things for myself. From Christ let me learn how to really love.
Thought for Today: "He who loves his wife, loves himself."
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Adapted from Mental Prayer, Challenge to the Lay Apostle
by The Queen's Work,(© 1958)
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