Romans 8:35
[35]Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?..
I'm working on the simple premise that God loves me and I'm trying to reciprocate His love. ❤️
THE MATTHEW EFFECT
"It makes a difference where and when we grew up...It's not enough to ask what successful people are like...it is only by asking where they are FROM that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn't."
THE ROSETO MYSTERY
It's not diet, exercise, genetics, or environment, but "...a powerful, protective social structure capable of insulating them from the pressures of the modern world."
I started the book OUTLIERS by Malcom Gladwell, and it struck me with its opening chapter, "The Matthew Effect" after the Introduction.
The "he that hath" effect as I'm replete with teachings and literature from that verse fascinates me.
In the parable of the talents, Jesus taught that faithfulness isn't the ability to preserve what you have, but to increase the value of what you have.
Investing what you have to increase its value is more worthy than preserving what you have in the state you received it.
Daniel 12:4 says: "... and knowledge shall be increased. "
People have come to know of God, but we haven't really known Him because we do not "run after Him when He draws us". (Song of Solomon 1:4)