living embodiment
of the love of God
once wrote in a
private letter,
‘Love the word
it brings nothing.
I am told
God loves me and
yet the reality of
darkness and coldness
and emptiness is
so great that nothing
touches my soul.’
(About Mother Teresa of calcutta)
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Our lifespanhardly lastsa blink of thecosmic eye.So it is not surprisingthat we are ratheralienated by the ideaof an endless universethat has always been there.
It is the heart and never the reason
Mystical literature glowwith this intimate and impassioned loveof the Absolute which transcendsthe dogmatic language.“There in the lucky dark,none to observe me, darkness far and wide;no sign for me to mark,no other light, no guideexcept for my heart-the fire, the fire inside! ”(St. John of the Cross, “The Dark Night” in the Poems of St. John…
I acknowlege my sin to God.
I confessed my fault to the Lordand God washed awaythe guilt of my sins.My soul is white like themorning snow that fallsfrom the glory ofthe heavens.
This one is hard to swallow,
It can be hard to takecorrection from someone,especially when they areyounger than youor lack experience.However, a wise manwill stay humbleand listen towhat anyone has to say.‘Do not reprove a scoffer,or he will hate you;reprove a wise man,and he will love you.’(From the Book of Proverbs 9: 8 in the Holy Bible) .
Faith in God
philosophical ideasare consideredpeculiar characteristicdelusions of thehuman speciescontributing somethingto the complexityof human evolution.Non-theism, asan intellectualconclusion ratherthan an emotional reaction,is based upon the notionthat only the observablecan be known or relied upon.
There were times also
her back on God,turning instead to false gods.Many times these wouldbe the false gods of theheathen nationsthat bordered Israel.The Word of God is clearas to how God viewsthis sinful practice offollowing false godsand about His opinionsof those who pushthe message of them.