Before…
You can truly love another…
You must first discover…
Why you were loved…
Into existence.
THE FIRST LOVE
DISCOVER THE TREASURE WITHIN
Before there was…
Success…
Achievement…
Possessions…
Relationships…
Or recognition…
There was you.
Not the image…
Others created.
Not the labels…
Life assigned.
But the person…
Your Creator…
Knew before…
You knew yourself.
THE FIRST LOVE
This is not…
Selfish love.
It is not vanity.
It is not pride.
It is not believing…
You are better…
Than anyone else.
It is the quiet appreciation…
Of who you are…
Because of whose…
You are.
Gratitude…
Is the beginning…
Of this journey.
APPRECIATION
A thankful heart…
Lives differently…
Than an entitled one.
It notices blessings.
It welcomes opportunities.
It receives life…
As a gift…
Rather than a guarantee.
Childlike gratitude…
Produces childlike wonder.
And wonder…
Keeps the soul alive.
THE TRUE REWARDS
Many people…
Spend their lives…
Chasing rewards.
Status.
Possessions.
Recognition.
Power.
Yet the deepest rewards…
Cannot be purchased.
Peace.
Purpose.
Contentment.
Identity.
Love.
These are given…
Not earned.
WORTHY NOTE
It is not what we receive…
But who we become…
While receiving it…
That lasts forever.
GOD’S SIGNATURE
When God blesses…
He doesn’t merely change…
Your circumstances.
He changes…
Your heart.
The world’s rewards…
Usually satisfy…
For a little while.
God’s rewards…
Quietly transform…
The person receiving them.
That is His signature.
It cannot be copied.
THE RICHIE REVERSE
Suppose…
You gained…
Everything the world offered…
Yet never discovered…
Who you truly were.
Would you be rich…
Or empty?
Now suppose…
You discovered…
Your purpose…
Your identity…
And the love…
That created you…
Even with little else.
Who is wealthier?
THE SOURCE
Every river…
Has a source.
Every light…
Has a beginning.
Every gift…
Has a giver.
Love…
Also has…
A source.
The closer we draw…
To the Source…
The more naturally…
Love flows through us…
To others.
THE PROOF
We were never created…
Simply to consume.
To gather.
To accumulate.
To entertain ourselves.
Or to endlessly repeat…
Temporary pleasures.
We were created…
To know…
The One…
Who first knew us.
To love…
Because we were first loved.
To serve…
Because we were first served.
To give…
Because everything…
Was first given.
FIRST PLACE
Many people…
Seek their reward…
Only here.
Others…
Trust that eternity…
Holds treasures…
Far beyond…
Anything this world…
Can offer.
When God…
Is first…
Everything else…
Finds its proper place.
FINAL THOUGHT
Deep within you…
Lies a treasure…
Waiting to be discovered.
It isn’t hidden…
From you.
It is hidden…
For you.
The First Love…
Has been calling…
Since the day…
You first arrived.
Answer it.
It already knows…
Your name.
— Richie
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