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"...that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God."
(from my camera)
Agape. This Greek word (and agapao) is used as both a verb (action word!) and a noun (the thing of person, place or thing) that describes the attitude and actions of our Father God towards His Son, Jesus Christ our Savior. This is also the attitude and action that He looks at us! The simplest way to share this meaning is "to esteem above all else." It is the attitude we are told to have towards one another!
Agape was originally translated charity in the King James version; a lot of people think that giving to charities is what verses like Colossians 3:14, 2 Thessalonians 1:3, 1 Timothy 1:5 mean; unfortunately, mistakes in translations have occurred from the Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic manuscripts that are from the original language of Scripture. People have been translating the Bible for people of different languages for thousands of years; unfortunately, they didn't always completely understand what the original manuscript meant, so "best educated guessing" occurred. In some instances, the mistakes created great confusion!
If we remember the way God the Father "esteems above all else "His Son, He has this attitude about you and me also ... this is what we are to share with one another! What a vibrant and powerful thought we bring to our lives when we "esteem others" as the Father, Son and Holy Spirit esteems us!
Read 2 Timothy 2:22; Titus 2:2; 1 Peter 4:8; 2 Peter 1:7; Jude 12; 1 Corinthians 8:1, 13:1, Revelations 2:19 for more illumination.
Hand-written scripture inside a clay Buddha that will be placed inside the new stupa being built in the Shungba Village,, Gui'de County, Qinghai
-- April 16, 2006.
To Be Mature
4 1-3 In light of all this, here’s what I want you to do. While I’m locked up here, a prisoner for the Master, I want you to get out there and walk—better yet, run!—on the road God called you to travel. I don’t want any of you sitting around on your hands. I don’t want anyone strolling off, down some path that goes nowhere. And mark that you do this with humility and discipline—not in fits and starts, but steadily, pouring yourselves out for each other in acts of love, alert at noticing differences and quick at mending fences.
4-6 You were all called to travel on the same road and in the same direction, so stay together, both outwardly and inwardly. You have one Master, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who rules over all, works through all, and is present in all. Everything you are and think and do is permeated with Oneness.
Ephesians 4:2-6
The Message (MSG)
Scripture memorization challenge from LPM blog. I chose Psalm 51:10 "Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me."
Small card to keep with me as i memorize it.
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The Kuthodaw Pagoda or Maha Lawka Marazein Paya (Royal Merit Pagoda) was built by King Mindon Min (reigned 1852-1878). He was concerned about the invading British and what their presence in Burma would mean for Buddhist teachings and had the entire 15 books of the Tripitaka, the sacred scriptures of Theravada Buddhism, inscribed in gold on huge marble tablets.
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500 years ago, during their journey to the west to fetch the Buddhist scriptures, Monkey got annoyed with the constant nagging of his master, Longevity Monk, and decided to betray him. He was intercepted and subdued by Guanyin, who decided to give him a second chance after Longevity Monk pleaded for leniency and sacrificed himself.
Monkey is reincarnated in the present as Joker, chief of a group of outlaws. Joker and his gang are attacked by two demons, Spider Woman and Bak Jing-jing, who threatened and force them to do their bidding. Joker's second-in-command (a reincarnation of Pigsy) secretly overheard the demons' plan to capture Longevity Monk and feast on his flesh to gain immortality. Joker subsequently fell in love with Bak Jing-jing. Grandpa Buddha shows up in disguise as a bunch of grapes, informs Joker about the danger he is in, and gave him a magic mirror which can reveal a being's true form.
The group are attacked by Bull King, who is also after Longevity Monk. Joker and Pigsy flee with Bak Jing-jing and Spider Woman to Waterfall Cave, where the two demons starts fighting over Joker. Bak Jing-jing and Joker eventually flee from the cave while Spider Woman is impregnated with Pigsy's child by accident. As Bak Jing-jing had been poisoned by Spider Woman, Joker goes back to the cave to ask for the antidote, but is imprisoned by Spider Woman. In the meantime, outside the cave, Bak Jing-jing is captured by Bull King, who cures her of the poison.
Inside the cave, Joker finds Pandora's Box, which can open up a time portal when moonlight shines on it and when "Prajñāpāramitā" is chanted. He also overhears Guanyin's voice, telling him that he was actually Monkey in his past life and is destined to continue his quest to escort his master on the journey to the west. His true destiny will be revealed after he gets three marks on the sole of his foot. Meanwhile, Bull King and Bak Jing-jing enters the cave and fight with Spider Woman. Bak Jing-jing commits suicide after mistakenly believing that Joker has betrayed her love and fathered a child with Spider Woman.
Joker finds Bak Jing-jing and tries to save her by travelling back in time with the aid of Pandora's Box, but each time he arrives a few seconds too late to stop her from committing suicide. He finally manages to make it on time to prevent Bak Jing-jing from slitting her throat, but she sacrifices herself to save him from Bull King. Joker travels back in time again, but ends up going back in time by 500 years. Outside the cave, he encounters a fairy, Zixia, who confiscates Pandora's Box and sears three dots on the sole of his foot to mark him as her servant. This fulfils his true destiny as Monkey. He looks in the magic mirror given to him by Grandpa Buddha earlier and is shocked to see a reflection of himself as Monkey.