Sharing the Ascension Experience
Definition: demonstrating commendable excellence or great merit; possessing noble value or distinguished character; deserving praise; estimable; virtuous Quotes:• True happiness… is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. — Helen Keller (1880-1968) American author & lecturer (blind and deaf from 19 months old)• It’s not our job to play judge and … Read more
Definitions: (1) expressing adoration, veneration, or homage to a divine person; showing sincere devotion; (2) giving respect or honor due to a lofty character; (3) feeling intense love and admiration for a loved one Familial Quality: liturgical Saying: Worship leads to service. Service leads to worship. Quote: Worship, taught Jesus, makes one increasingly like the … Read more
Definitions: (1) excellent; grand; marvelous; (2) unusually good; extraordinary; amazing; swell; supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Proverb: When one stops wondering at the wonderful it stops being full of wonder. — Chinese Quotes:• If you want to find something wonderful, you have to be prepared to wonder. — Gerard “Jerry” Vincent Hubert Downs (1949-) American photographer & writer• It … Read more
Definitions: (1) a cause of astonishment; a marvel; (2) the quality of exciting and amazed admiration; (3) rapt attention at something awesomely mysterious or new and beautiful Synonyms: appreciation, awestruck, curious, reverence, thunderstruck, wonderstruck Saying: Sometimes a wonder is obscured by a miracle. Quotes:• To be surprised, wonder, is to begin to understand. — Jose … Read more
Definitions: (1) possessing amazing skill or accomplishment; very clever; (2) enchanting; charming; magical; (3) sagacious; wise; (4) praiseworthy Quotes:• Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power. — Lao-tse (6th Century BC) Chinese Mystic philosopher• Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived. … Read more
Definitions: (1) engagingly or ingeniously clever in conception and execution; (2) good-humored kidding; smartly facetious; (3) quick to see and illuminate amusing relationships or insights Saying: Sal atticum (Latin): “attic salt” [wit] Quotes:• Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. — William Hazlitt (1778-1830) English writer• The universe is full of magical things … Read more
Definitions: (1) having or showing good judgment; discerning; (2) accurately discriminating between what is true and what is false; (3) able to decide between what is proper and what is improper; prudent; discreet; (4) able to conceive of a pragmatic solution; common sense; sagacious Derivations: Sanskrit, “knowledge;” Latin, “to see” Synonyms: calculating, crafty, cunning, enlightened, … Read more
Divine Definitions: (1) Encompassing the entirety of discernment; Perfect judgment; capable; (2) The embodiment of truth; aware of all of the real facts and true circumstances; (3) The embodiment of beauty; the integration of reality; (4) The embodiment of goodness; knowing what is proper; prudent; discriminative; (5) Enlightened; incorruptible; (6) Having the wisest possible perspective; … Read more
Definitions: (1) innocently charming; engagingly sweet; attractive; (2) cheerful; merry Derivations: Old English, “joy;” Anglo Saxon, “delightful” Quotes:• Let your life yield a sweet, winsome melody that this old world needs so desperately. Yes, you can if you will. — Charles Rozell Swindoll (1934-) American pastor & educator• There is to the poetical sense a … Read more
Definitions: (1) inclined or favorably disposed to act; ready; prompt to respond; (2) done, given, borne, or used with cheerful readiness <a willing volunteer> Adage: Energy flows where intention goes. Poetry:Lead me Zeus, and you too DestinyTo wherever your decrees have assigned meI follow readily, but if I choose not,Wretched though I am, I must … Read more