Love is multi-faceted in its manifestations. Love can be likened to a mighty fountain, from which flow countless streams, and one of this stream is generosity. It is in the nature of love to bless and to enrich those to whom it is extended. Thinking on this subject, we may come to the reasonable conclusion that prosperity, or abundance of all good things, is the natural demonstration of divine love in human life.

Charles Fillmore puts it briefly in following words: "It is perfectly logical to assume that a wise and competent Creator would provide for the needs of His creatures in their various stages of growth. The supply would be given as required and as the necessary effort for its application was made by the creature".

When we are rooted and grounded in the realization of God's love, when it becomes for us not a theory, but a deep personal experience, we are convinced that there is no lack in God's world. The universe is a friendly and supportive place - if we just see it rightly. However, we have a responsibility to provide open channels for God's prosperity to come to our lives through faith and divinely inspired work.

We are co-creators with God in bringing spiritual abundance into visible manifestation.

It is not always easy to speak about prosperity without stepping on someone's toe. Money seems to be a touchy subject for many, and the moment they hear something positive about it, especially from the spiritual perspective, they react with anger, envy, or resentment. If that ever happens to us, we've got to seriously ask ourselves why.

The problem is that as long as our reactions to a particular subject are emotional, our chances to know the truth about it are infinitely small. Angry people do not come to the right conclusions and cannot find constructive ways of action. Resentful ones always err, no matter how justified their resentments seem to be.

In the midst of raging feelings, we should always command to ourselves: "Peace, be still!"

The fact is, money is just a form of energy - and it is divine in its essence. But, like all God's gifts, it can be misused and abused, therefore causing misery and unhappiness for those involved. To avoid this, money is to be handled with wisdom and love.

The Bible tells that the love of money is the root of all evils, but this single verse, taken out of context, should not be applied for justification of a personal negative attitude. Let us just be aware that there are different types of love. Pseudo-love in a form of emotional attachment and possessiveness is always evil and destructive, no matter what is its object.

We can define true love as the ability to see divine goodness in people and things. From this perspective, we can love money and all blessings of this world. From this point of view, they are not standing between us and God, because we see them in God and through God. We know that they are coming to us in order to help us to achieve our highest goals and to make us fully developed in spirit, soul and body. Being confident that we live in never-ending flow of abundance, we are free to take money as they come, and to release them by giving to the worthy causes.

Apostle Paul once called love "the bond of perfectness". Indeed, he was right. Nothing in the world will permanently stand without love; but with love all things grow into their full measure according to God's plan.

Let us listen to inspired words by Emma Curtis Hopkins:

"Everything is really full of love for you... The good that is for you loves you as much as you love it. The good that is for you seeks you and will come flying to you if you see that which you love is love itself. All people will change when you know that they are love. We shall change toward all people when we know that we ourselves are formed out of love. All is love. There is nothing in all the universe but love".