First Principle & Foundation
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First Principle & Foundation
A Reflection on David Fleming’s version
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The Goal of our life is to live with God forever.
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God, who loves us, gave us life.
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Our own response of love allows God's life to flow into us
without limit.
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All the things in this world are gifts from God
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Presented to us so that we can know God more easilyand make a return of love more readily
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As a result, we appreciate and use all these gifts of Godinsofar as they help us to develop as loving persons
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But if any of these gifts become the center of our lives, they displace God
and so hinder our growth toward our goal.
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In everyday life, then, we must hold ourselves in balanceBefore all of these created gifts insofar as we have a choice
And are not bound by some obligation.
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We should not fix our desires on health or sickness,wealth or poverty, success or failure, a long life or a short one.
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For everything has the potential of calling forth in usa deeper response to our life in God.
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Our only desire and our one choice should be this:I want and I choose what better leads
to God's deepening his life in me.