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Hello everyone and welcome to "Word of Life."

Okay, so maybe all of us don't believe in the same thing, but that's just life, isn't it?  But even though religions may seem vastly different, the morals taught are often the same.  All in all, we're not all that different.  In time, I reeaaally hope to have people's opinions and maybe they're own theories on religion.  I'm Catholic, but have my own little side beliefs.  I think beliefs are so interesting and I hope that this part of my website can grow.  So if you would like to include something from your own religion, comments on what is here, or basically...anything -- please E-MAIL ME and let me know :)  Thank you so much.

And, now, here is some scripture that I found to be incredibly moving.  I also have some of my own comments afterward.

Please choose from the list:

New Heavens and New Earth

A Disciple's Love

Flowers

John's Conclusion

New Heavens and New Earth

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.  And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband; and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling of God is with men. He will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself will be with them; he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away."

 

(Rev:21:1-4), The Holy Bible, Christianity

 

-For me, the main point of this selection is that God chose to dwell among his people, he loves them and will be there.  And even though people wonder how there could be a God because horrible things happen, that's the devil, not God.  Things happen for no reason sometimes, but God will help with the emotional pain if his help is accepted.  I'm not going to sit here and preach to you, but I will say this: the only way you can trust in God is if you want to.  I can't force you to, your parents can't, and neither can you.  It just has to...happen.

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A Disciple's Love

As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you.  Live on in my Love.  You will live in my love if you keep my commandments, even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and live in his love.  All this is tell you that my joy may be yours and your joy may be complete.  This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you.  There is no greater love than this: to lay one's life down for one's friends.  You are my friends if you do what I command you.  I no longer speak of you as slaves, for a slave does not know what his master is about.  Instead, I call you friends, since I have made known to you all that I heard from my Father.  It was not you who chose me, it was I who chose you to go forth and bear fruit.  Your fruit must endure, so that all you ask the Father in my name he will give you.  The commandment I give you is this, that you love one another.

(John:15:9-17), The Holy Bible, Christianity

-You see, you're not imagining it, love IS the greatest thing in the world--to give OR receive.  Equal love is always the best, and, yes, love does hurt when it's not equal, but love is love and there is nothing better.  And love, my friend, does come from God.

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Flowers

Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone. Like a beautiful flower full of colour but without fragrance, even so, fruitless are the fair words of one who does not practice them. Like a beautiful flower full of colour and also fragrant, even so, fruitful are the fair words of one who practices them. As from a great heap of flowers many garlands can be made, even so should many good deeds be done by one born a mortal.

(051-055), Dhammapada, Buddism

-I'm not an expert on religion--especially ones other than my own.  I want to make clear that my opinions are based on my interpretations.  If I am totally wrong in how the certain religion interprets the scriptures, then I apologize and would like to be e-mailed.  I will not simply change my opinion, but I will post how it is intended to be interpreted.  (Hopefully this could start a message board!)  So, to continue...to put this into everyday language: Don't look for the bad things about people, don't worry about what they forget or what they order.  Pay attention to what you do and what you think about doing.  You can be good-looking but without having a personality you can be a hypocrite.  You can be good-looking and have a personality and not be  hypocrite.  People can come together and do great things as long as you do good things on your own.

John's Conclusion

It is this same disciple who is the witness to these things; it is he who wrote them down and his testimony, we know, is true.  There are still many other things that Jesus did, yet if they were written about in detail, I doubt that there would be room enough in the entire world to hold the books to record them.

(John:21:24-25), The Holy Bible, Christianity

-What a way to end the Book of John!  I thought this was incredible--the Bible is basically a big newspaper.  Not everyone could read and write during Jesus' time, and so not everyone could write down what happened.  The combination of word-of-mouth and things written first hand form the Bible.  The most amazing thing is that Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John all wrote very similar accounts of what happened.  In sum, people that never even knew each other somehow all wrote about the same thing and recalled the same events.  Incredible, incredible.

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