Pour the sweet syrup of love into your circumstances to dilute their toxicity

Pour the sweet syrup of love into your circumstances to dilute their toxicity. Do as Jesus did. He was the Love Note that God sent us in answer to our question, ‘Who are you, God? Identify yourself. Friend or foe?’ He was the expression of God’s love. The Love Note diluted the toxicity of the Valley of Tears with love as sugar cubes dilute the bitterness of a cup of bad coffee. Into the boiling pot of his baptism, we contributed torture, suffering, killing and death. Jesus contributed forgiveness. Forgiveness sweetened the pot.

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What is lacking in the afflictions of Christ?
What is lacking in the afflictions of Christ?

Jesus poured the sweet syrup of forgiveness from the reservoir of love that he held in his most Sacred Heart, through his bloody wounds, and into the Valley of Tears to diute its toxicity in the same way that sugar cubes dilute the bitterness of a cup of bad coffee. Dilution is God's solution to the toxicity of the Valley of Tears.

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Mitigating the Bitterness of the Valley of Tears
Mitigating the Bitterness of the Valley of Tears

Our loving God took steps to mitigate our dire predicament in the Valley of Tears.

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Pour the sweet syrup of love into your circumstances to dilute their toxicity
Pour the sweet syrup of love into your circumstances to dilute their toxicity

How do we dilute the toxicity of our circumstances?

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ESCAPE FROM THE VALLEY OF TEARS
ESCAPE FROM THE VALLEY OF TEARS

Jesus invaded the Valley of Tears to show us the way through the evils of the Valley of Tears. He blazed a trail through it for us. He invites us to follow him through Valley of Tears on the trail that he blazed.

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Jesus Commandeered a Cross and Reconfigured its Message to Neutralize the Serpent's Anti-God Propaganda
Jesus Commandeered a Cross and Reconfigured its Message to Neutralize the Serpent's Anti-God Propaganda

To neutralize the the serpent’s anti-God propaganda, Jesus commandeered a cross - the instrument of our woe - and repurposed it to offer us a contradiction.

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Cognitive Reorganization
Cognitive Reorganization

Instead of trying to reorganize God’s thinking around our plan for ourselves, is it possible to reorganize our thinking around God’s plan for us? Can we pivot around God instead of trying to get God to pivot around us? Can we regroup and sally forth into the Valley of Tears with an understanding of what God wants us to do not what we want done?

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What are we doing to sweeten the pot?
What are we doing to sweeten the pot?

Hey, chef, what do you add to sweeten the pot?

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Dilution
Dilution

God sent us a Love Note to dilute the toxicity of the Valley of Tears. Jesus was the first drop. Our job is to turn the drop into a flood. God wants us to become Love Notes like Jesus. He wants us to irrigate the Valley of Tears with love to turn it into the gardens of the new Eden here on earth. Our job is done here and now not hereafter and elsewhere. Our job is to pour the sweet syrup of love into the toxic brew held in the Valley of Tears.

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Take Refuge!
Take Refuge!

God established communities of love in which we can take refuge from the evils of the Valley of Tears

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What is the solution to the “bitterness” problem?
What is the solution to the “bitterness” problem?

Our solution to the problem of bitterness is different than God’s solution. We want God to remove the bitterness from the Valley of Tears or to remove us from the bitterness. God is of a different opinion (John 17:15). God wants us to dilute the bitterness of the Valley of Tears with love as sugar cubes dilute the bitterness of a cup of bad coffee. Only by loving do we fill the earth with the knowledge of God as the waters cover the sea (Isaiah 11:9) (Habakkuk 2:14).

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The Language Jesus Used to Answer the Question, 'Who is God?'
The Language Jesus Used to Answer the Question, 'Who is God?'

In what language did Jesus speak to us?

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The Mass is one of the landmarks that God erected to draw our attention to the 1) ultimate revelation about the nature of God, 2) its location and 3) its importance.
The Mass is one of the landmarks that God erected to draw our attention to the 1) ultimate revelation about the nature of God, 2) its location and 3) its importance.

The Mass is one of the landmarks that direct our attention to 1) the ultimate revelation, 2) its location and 3) its importance.

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Pour the sweet syrup of love into your circumstances to dilute their toxicity
Pour the sweet syrup of love into your circumstances to dilute their toxicity

How do we dilute the toxicity of our circumstances?

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THE TREASURE OF CHRISTIANITY
THE TREASURE OF CHRISTIANITY

What is the treasure of Christianity? How was it transported from heaven to earth?

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THE FOUNDATION ON WHICH THE WISE BUILD THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF GOD
THE FOUNDATION ON WHICH THE WISE BUILD THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF GOD

On what foundation do you rest your answer to the question, ‘Who is God?”. On what foundation do you build your understanding of God?

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The Best Approximation of God
The Best Approximation of God

Where do we find the best answer to the question, ‘Who is God?’?

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The Fruits of Love
The Fruits of Love

Feeding our neighbors is a sweet fruit of love.

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What is lacking in the afflictions of Christ?
What is lacking in the afflictions of Christ?

Jesus poured the sweet syrup of forgiveness from the reservoir of love that he held in his most Sacred Heart, through his bloody wounds, and into the Valley of Tears to diute its toxicity in the same way that sugar cubes dilute the bitterness of a cup of bad coffee. Dilution is God's solution to the toxicity of the Valley of Tears.

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A Tree is known by its fruit
A Tree is known by its fruit
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Why is the Sacrament of Reconciliation Failing?
Why is the Sacrament of Reconciliation Failing?
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Which of the following items does not belong to the group?
Which of the following items does not belong to the group?

Which is the odd man out?

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The Transmission of Information from Heaven to Earth
The Transmission of Information from Heaven to Earth
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Forgiveness is the Yeast of Divinity
Forgiveness is the Yeast of Divinity

What is the yeast of divinity? How do we leaven the children of Adam and Eve?

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What is the detail of consequence?
What is the detail of consequence?

What is the detail of consequence? If the detail about God were not important, Jesus would not have released it into the Valley of Tears on the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection.

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Christianity is a treasure map for treasure hunters engaged in a treasure hunt
Christianity is a treasure map for treasure hunters engaged in a treasure hunt

Christianity is a treasure map for treasure hunters engaged in a treasure hunt. A cross marks the spot of the treasure . Grab your shovel. Make your way to the road from the Crucifixion to the Resurrection. There, stake your claim. Dig up the treasure for yourself. Make yourself rich!

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