Father to Son ~ Words to live by

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cheating, Father to son advice, infidelity, Love, Marital advice, Marriage, President Reagan, Relationships

Earlier today, while doing my daily WordPress Topics surf, I came across this beautiful blog; where I found a particular gem that I determined to share. It went thus:

In June of 1971, just days before his 26-year-old son, Michael, got married, future-U.S. President Ronald Reagan sent him the following letter of advice. It really is quite stunning.

Michael Reagan
Manhattan Beach, California
June 1971

Dear Mike:

Enclosed is the item I mentioned (with which goes a torn up IOU). I could stop here but I won’t.

The Beauty of a Woman

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Beauty, Beauty of a woman, Goodness, Kindness, Love, Woman

I just read this at August McLaughlin’s blog, and I thought I’d share. It speaks to the heart and is true.

 

The Beauty of a Woman
by Sam Levinson, performed by Audrey Hepburn on Christmas Eve 1992

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.

For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed,
revived, reclaimed and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand,
you’ll find one at the end of each of your arms.
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands,
one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears,
the figure that she carries or the way she combs her hair.
The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes,
because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.

The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole
but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.
It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows.
The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.

That I may gaze on your beauty

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God, Jesus, Love, Psalms, Psalms 27:4, Seeking God

Psalm 27:4

One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.

Kindness

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God, humility, Kindness, Love, mercy

Be gentle, love mercy, walk humbly with God.

         

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Molds of those who have loved us

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Love, Molding, Moulding

On Love

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Fear, Following your heart, Love, Poetry

On Love – Kahlil Gibran

When love beckons to you, follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.
And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams
as the north wind lays waste the garden.

For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.

On Reason & Passion

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God, Life, Love, Passion, Poetry, Reason, Relationships

On Reason and Passion  Kahlil Gibran Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon which your reason and your judgment wage …

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Murmuration

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Murmuration  = a flock of starlings.

Here’s why they are so special.

 

I got this video from Castorgirl at http://www.scatteredpieces.org, a blog I found at Alice’s http://whatshappenedtoalice.blogspot.com whom I discovered at http://wordsfallfrommyeyes.wordpress.com. Lot’s of finding, right? Welcome to the Blogosphere.

Well, I thought I’d share. One simply can’t keep something like this to oneself. It’s just so beautiful, nature is. It’s beautiful, it’s calming, it renders me speechless sometimes. I want to watch this video over and over again, and just sit and gaze and get lost in the starlings’ magic.

Enjoy,

Sometimes I Cry – Jason Crabb

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Bible, Christ, Christianity, God, Jason Crabb, Jesus, Love

An Intro to this, here. Ignore if you got referred here from The Part-time Christian.

Sometimes I Cry

I look the part
Blend in with the rest of the church crowd
I know the routine
I could list all the bible studies in town
Watch christian TV
I know all the preachers…their clichés
Been born again, without a doubt I know I’m saved

But sometimes I hurt and sometimes I cry
Sometimes I can’t get it right
No matter how hard I seem to try
Sometimes I fall down
Stumble over my own disguise
I try to look strong
As the whole world looks on
But sometimes alone I cry

I try to speak faith
Never give the devil one inch to get in
I do worship and praise
Let everybody know just where that I stand
On the back of my ride is a fish and a cross
For the world to see
I know God is good, all of the time
Yes there’s no doubt for me 

The Part-time Christian, No More.

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Last Sunday was Mission Sunday and at church we were invited to think about the people that spread Christianity all over the world all through the ages, and not to be part -time Christians. Everyday, what do we do to show our faith, to live by God’s word. Do we incorporate Christianity into our everyday lives, or are we only Christians at our convenience?

I thought about this message, and decided I would start some pages on Scripture here on my blog, share some scriptures and words that have touched me, changed me, opened my eyes on several occasions and gotten me thinking. Some of it will be lyrics to songs; and these, I should say here, are songs I’m eternally grateful for, for they show me that I’m not alone in my questions, doubts, hardships and my Christian journey through life.

I’ve been meaning to start these pages since that Sunday, but well, I got a little distracted. I’m finally doing it, and mighty glad I am.

I pray that what I share here may enrich your life too.

Here’s the first entry after this intro

Sometimes I Cry