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Staying Positive

    It remains very difficult for me to remain positive.  I was about to say "Remain positive online, " but the truth is it's not just on Facebook but in my life in general that I tend to be overly harsh and negative.  The Lord is working on me with this and I want to do better, Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner!   Today, in the Eastern Churches we commemorate the Repose of The Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian. The Church calls Saint John the “Apostle of Love”, since he constantly taught that without love man cannot come near to God.     1 John 2:7 Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard. 8  Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true in him and in you, because [ b ] the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. 9  He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is in the darkn