As human beings (= spirit + soul + body), we are miracles in motion and *motivated!
Motion because we are blessed to move in the physical dimension, walking on the earth, thus affirming the divine, incomparable (1 John 4:9), and eternal love.
1 John 4:9
9 ἐν τούτῳ ἐφανερώθη ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν ἡμῖν, ὅτι τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ ἀπέσταλκεν ὁ Θεὸς εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἵνα ζήσωμεν δι᾿ αὐτοῦ.
[eng] This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
God breathed His essence into the human species and made it a "living soul" (Genesis 2:7). Since "God is love" (1 John 4:16) and "God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth" (John 4:24), and considering that God created the world (Genesis 1:1, Isaiah 42:5)...
In life / human = spirit + living soul + body = love = creator
After natural death / human = spirit + living soul + body = love = creator
God who is love and is spirit and is always present and scattered in the universe and in beings, existed and will continue to exist, meaning is in abundance... then love is scattered everywhere and is a provision of abundance through our existence and within it!
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Psalms 33:13-14
ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ἐπέβλεψεν ὁ Κύριος, εἶδε πάντας τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων·
ἐξ ἑτοίμου κατοικητηρίου αὐτοῦ ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς κατοικοῦντας τὴν γῆν
[eng] From heaven the Lord looks down and sees all mankind;
from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth
Isaiah 57:15
Τάδε λέγει Κύριος ὁ Ὕψιστος, ὁ ἐν ὑψηλοῖς κατοικῶν τὸν αἰῶνα, ἅγιος ἐν ἁγίοις ὄνομα αὐτῷ, Κύριος Ὕψιστος ἐν ἁγίοις ἀναπαυόμενος καὶ ὀλιγοψύχοις διδοὺς μακροθυμίαν καὶ διδοὺς ζωὴν τοῖς συντετριμμένοις τὴν καρδίαν·
[eng] For this is what the high and exalted One says—he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.
The modern concept of abundance: a very large quantity to the extent that it easily covers or surpasses any needs.
The original meaning of the word abundance= αφθονία - from ancient Greek, where
ά- means absence + φθόνος (=envy), which translates to "one who does not envy/is not envied, one who does not deny," and therefore, "one who does not hesitate to give, the generous one," hence also "plentiful, sufficient."
Β' Κορινθίους 9:6
Τοῦτο δέ, ὁ σπείρων φειδομένως φειδομένως καὶ θερίσει, καὶ ὁ σπείρων ἐπ᾿ εὐλογίαις ἐπ᾿ εὐλογίαις καὶ θερίσει.
[eng] Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
As beings, we are love, we are sufficient, and we will continue to be for all eternity.
Κατά Ματθαίον 6:13
καὶ μὴ εἰσενέγκῃς ἡμᾶς εἰς πειρασμόν, ἀλλὰ ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ.
ὅτι σοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δύναμις καὶ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν.
[eng] And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Abundance, therefore, exists everywhere and will always exist because love simply exists, and these belong to everyone. So, let us not be *motivated by today's understanding of abundance because in the end...
1 Corinthians 13:13
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Text: Maria Langaditi
Text editing: Ada Kiriazi
Source:
"Η ΑΓΑΠΗ" BUSCAGLIA F. LEO, Εκδόσεις Γλάρος
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