As we say at Mercy, we need a revolution of love. The key to changing your heart is through action and the action God is calling us to take is to love and bless our enemy’s. When we hate we poison ourselves from the inside out. When we hate, internally, the damage we do to ourselves is the same. ![]() You see, everything we do, our actions, and our thoughts spur from our hearts. No, I have never killed anyone, but hatred is the seed from which murder grows. When I first looked at the 6 th commandment I thought “I’ve never murdered anyone, so I must be doing this one right, right?” But upon a deeper look inwards of my own heart, I have found that I am guilty of breaking this commandment through hatred and anger at those who have wronged me. Prayer: God, walk with us each day as we prioritize our actions and our time. We each are given the same 24 hours, and it’s up to us as to what to do with it. And in life our most valuable commodity is time, it can’t be bought, it can’t be stored and unless you’re Marty McFly or Doc Brown, it can’t be traveled, all you can do is spend it. We’ve created a hierarchy saying, God, you’re important, but not as important as this other thing… God has brought us out of the land of Egypt and led us out of the house of bondage, and so in this commandment God demands respect, not because the Lord is a vengeful God, but because God wants to be in relationship with us, because God wants us to see the God in others, and not put things before what’s truly important. ![]() And nothing is wrong with having these things, but when we make them the most important thing we run into some trouble. ![]() Our modern world has traded the old false God’s for newer and shiner ones of technology, consumerism, and money. And this made me realize “when I’m in the hustle and bustle I find time for my phone, but I don’t really make time for God…” God asks that we put nothing before the Lord, and yet so many of us in our society do. Even when I’m incredibly busy somehow I make time to diddle on my phone. 3, ‘you shall have no other gods before me.’Īs I sit down to write this my pocket keeps beeping, *beep beep* “One new text message” *beep beep* “Breaking news!” and I can’t stop myself from looking. Apart from the head, the appearance of the female was not changed.Reflection- v. Instead of delicate butterfly wings, the male was depicted with huge owl wings, and his body was changed from slender to stocky. In 2009, it was parodied by the Italian artist Filippo Panseca to display Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his minister, Mara Carfagna. The painting was shown at the Paris Salon of 1875, then at the Mulhouse Salon of 1879, where it was bought for the collection of the Société industrielle de Mulhouse, from which the museum originated. The painter skilfully enhances the colour contrast not only of the cloths, but also of the complexions. Flora's lower half is covered by a red drapery. Zephyr has butterfly wings and is completely naked, save for a strategically placed blue veil. ![]() The circular painting ( tondo) depicts Zephyr, the Greek god of the west wind, gently kissing the Greek nymph Chloris, also known as her Roman equivalent Flora, the goddess of flowers. It is one of the most famous paintings of the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Mulhouse, France. Painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau Flora and Zephyrįlora and Zephyr ( French: Flore et Zéphyr) is a 1875 oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau.
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