Ron is good with words and thoughts

I shan't attempt to preserve the marvelous style that Ron maintains in his observations, but shall relate three of them from Men's Group last week:

1. Relationships are inherently transformational. They change you, in unpredictable ways.

2. Marriage is supposed to lead me to God. (Neither Ron nor are married, but he seems much closer to the finish line of the premarriage race than I do.) So for all of everything it is, my receiving love in marriage is to remind me of my Father; my giving love in marriage is to remind me of the Church's Groom.

3. Insufficiency is a must in affairs of the heart. It reminds us of our dependence on God; it is not to be run from or resigned, or even accepted, but to be embraced.

(From VCL teaching, but mentioned that same night)
Also, the world says this:

Give me Authority over you.
Be Accountable to me.
Then I will Affirm you.
If you submit to me, are corrected by me, and find me the judge of your good efforts, I may Accept you (if you measure up, and keep measuring up).

Jesus and His Kingdom say:

I Accept you.
I Affirm the good in your life.
If you will, I will help you to adhere to your best wishes by making you Accountable to them.
I will take Authority, gladly, if you trust me to bear it for you.

The World (kosmos):
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Authority, Accountability, Affirmation, Acceptance
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Jesus's Body