"When you love God in an intellectual way, you may feel a sense of joy; but it is like water propelled by a sprinkler: It goes up with great force, but it soon falls back to Earth. When we love God from our own Spirit, we see that it is like a river flowing to the sea. It is a river designed by the great Architect of the universe. Love, which carries the will along with it, changes you entirely. This is the true rapture: to be wholly lost in God. This is what is called transformation " - Mdm. Jeanne Guyon I remember being plugged in to a program of Christian understanding. One in which there was a deliberate and real attempt to attain what is presumed to be unattainable. The mysterious idea of perfection. Once perfection was my goal, I found myself surrounded by so many mistakes. And the more I tried, the bigger the mistakes became. Now my perception of the word perfect has completely changed. This has helped tremendously in my spiritual walk and transition from Intellectual...
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.- 1 Corinthians 13:6-7