Facilitation & Regulation

Regulation.

Too many situations and events hit.

I need regulation.  I want to come un-stuck.

Pain, cold, aches…

I need regulation.

God is love

A question:

Pride has let me down the sad and worrying path for far too long, when can I stop pride from taking over my life?

What a paradox I am in. When I have rid of pride, won’t I be proud to have rid of pride?

If I don’t rid of pride, then the pride wins. In all cases, pride prevails?

The romantic will claim that love conquers all. Does love conquer pride? How does it do that? I guess a real definition of what love is has to be in place. By far, the Christian Bible’s definition of Love seems most appropriate.

It is quoted from 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

“Love endures long and is patient and kind;

love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.

It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride);

it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly.

Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].

It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail.

Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening].

Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end]. As for prophecy (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), it will be fulfilled and pass away; as for tongues, they will be destroyed and cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away [it will lose its value and be superseded by truth].”

It is so many things. Have I done my due diligence to understand what it is? I do not think so. Yet upon the first reading, I would think that it is quite idealistic, isn’t it? Love never fails?

Of course, if God is love (as quoted by the Bible again), and God being God is God, then love never fails makes perfect sense. Is this an answer? I must definitely check this out more.