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Well, hello. We're back again and we're so happy to be here with you on this day as we embrace another important topic as our devotion or for some Dr. J's thoughts. It's entitled Embracing Love and Compassion and we want to say that as we think about today's topic, let us begin with it. Thinking about something that Dalai Lama shared. Love and compassion is, love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive. Let's think about the scripture that says, let love have his perfect work in us, in you, in me. Let's think about the scripture that encourages us to understand that Jesus is all about love. That God died in the son, in the form of his son Jesus, out of love. God allowed his son to be hung up on the hill of Golgotha, the place of the skull, that we might have life and have it more abundantly because he loved us just that much. What does love have to do with it? Love has everything to do with it. You know, Maya Angelou said, love recognizes no barriers. It's jump hurdles and leap fences and penetrates walls to arrive at its destination of full hope. There's something to be said when you think about that kind of love. Too often we underestimate the power of love. We underestimate the power of touch. We underestimate the powers of a smile, or a kind word, or a listening ear. But all of them, when motivated by love, are transformative. You know, love is not about how many days, months, and years you have been together with a person. Love is about how much you love each other every single day. You know, I want to encourage you to read and to really hear this devotion because it's saying something. You know, it's a very difficult reality to face when something goes on and the love that we thought was in place is out of place and there is a level of brokenness and turmoil and we're wondering what happened to the love. Well, remember this, that love, just like your natural body, has to be taken care of. And what you focus on longest becomes strongest. And if you decide to focus on love, understanding love, giving love, applying love, you'll understand very much what love has to do with it. I'm convinced that you'll be able to say I'm going to embrace love and compassion because love has everything to do with being victorious in this life. So I look forward to hearing from you and I look forward to under hoping look forward to hearing how the thought for today was able to share information about finding love within, sharing love with others, embracing love and compassion, respecting the boundaries of love. Four steps, four secrets, the rest you'll have to read. God bless you. I hope you have a super fantastic day and this is Dr. J.