I may not understand why I have the illness, but I sense that it is there for a purpose, and so I thank God for it. I ask Him to allow me to expand beyond my narrow-mindedness and self-centeredness so that I can see the good that comes from everything.
BETTY EADIEIf love is truly a verb, if help is a verb, if forgiveness is a verb, if kindness is a verb, then you can do something about it.
More Betty Eadie Quotes
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A great Awakening has begun. People around the world are opening their eyes to their own spiritual natures. They are beginning to see who they truly are and what they have always been-beings with an eternal past and a glorious future.
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God’s love is just like the sun, constant and shining for us all. And just as the earth rotates around the sun, it is the natural order for us to move away for a season, and then to return closer, but always within the appropriate time.
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If love is truly a verb, if help is a verb, if forgiveness is a verb, if kindness is a verb, then you can do something about it.
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Above all, I was shown that love is supreme. I saw that truly without love we are nothing. We are here to help each other, to care for each other, to understand, forgive, and serve one another. We are here to have love for every person born on earth.
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An important purpose for mortality is to help us learn to recognize and to choose the positive even though the negative more fully surrounds us.
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If we understood the power of our thoughts, we would guard them more closely. If we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost anything negative.
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In our thoughts and words we create our own weaknesses and our own strengths. Our limitations and joys begin in our hearts. We can always replace negative with positive.
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Service is a balm to both the spirit and the body.
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God is not about religion. Religion is a structure that should house our faith in God. Too often it is used to hurt other people in God’s name.
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I understood that life is lived most fully in the imagination – that, ironically, imagination is the key to reality.
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It often seems easier not to move on; even the muck and mire in which we’re stuck seems less fearful and less challenging than the unknown path ahead.
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The more you notice the love, the miracles and the beauty around you, the more love comes into your life.
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God knew we would make mistakes. Life is all about mistakes. It is constant change and growth. Our greatest challenges in life will one day be known to us as our greatest teachers.
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If we understood the power of our thoughts, we would guard them more closely.
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each of us has been given the ability to reach God with our prayers. … Whatever form it takes, each prayer is an invitation for God to bring his power into another life. God wants to help us, but he waits for us to seek his help.
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