A talebearer reveals secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

“The deeper our faith, the more doubt we must endure; the deeper our hope, the more prone we are to despair; the deeper our love, the more pain its loss will bring: these are a few of the paradoxes we must hold as human beings. If we refuse to hold them in the hopes of living without doubt, despair, and pain, we also find ourselves living without faith, hope, and love.”

Parker J. Palmer – A Hidden Wholeness
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Use whatever gift you have received to serve others.

Beyond all things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.
Colossians 3:14

Meanwhile the present alone is ours, and we are letting it slip through our fingers. The past is gone, whether for evil or for good,… The future still belongs to God alone; and it is not the least of his wonderful mercies that he keeps it entirely to himself. It is what I am now, not what I have been or shall be; what I do now, not what I have done or shall do, that here and now matters most,…. Those who face that which is actually before them , unburdened by the past, undistracted by the future, these are they who live, who make the best use of their lives, these are those who have found the secret to contentment.

p. 213, Benedictus, vol. 4, no. 10

Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

It’s not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God.

Receiving the ‘end’ of your faith (forgiveness), even the salvation of your souls.

Anxiety weighs down a human heart, but a good word cheers it up.
Proverbs 12:25

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary: to one without faith, no explanation is possible.