There are four elements:
tribulation, perseverance,
character and hope.
They work together
in three steps:
Tribulation produces
perseverance.
Perseverance produces
character.
Character produces hope.
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Step into your inner cave.
who lives in the unknown and unseen.Pray to the One who seesyour being in wholeness.Prostrate there in this inner spacein utter humility.(The Cave of Fire – Story and Meditation – Crystalinkscrystalinks.com)
The one who loves
begins perceivingin all living beingsa part of himself.He becomes a lover of all,a part and parcelof the Universal Joy.He flows with thestream of happiness,and is enrichedby each soul.(From Yajur Veda, the great Hindu Scripture)
The roots of the earth
and the sand is happy to seethose secret hugs and kisses.The desire for a secret romancewells up in their heartsand the sand around the rootsbegin to hug.They are busy nowhugging and kissingin royal romance.The poet saw it,was tickled and smiled.(BBC – Earth – Why some trees evolved to live undergroundBBC)
The consciousness of a spiritual seeker
as illusory or impure.His renunciation and detachmentpurification and its trials –all form the part of hisintense aspiration to reach God.I want to find this perfectand incorrupt substance in me.This noble tincture is never foundupon imperfect earthbut only in innocent mindswhich seek The Almighty.(Graphic: A noble soul has no other merit than to be a noble…
He was Son of
He was kinsman-Redeemer ofhumankind,and He cameto earth topay the pricefor the sinof the world.‘Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider Jesus.’ This is the challenge that every one of us is given. ‘Consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession’.(Ref. to St. Paul’s letter to Hebrews 3: 1.)
Take that hard past,
that scoundrel,that scandal,that suffering to Jesus.Let Him do whatonly He can do.Take your heart toKing Jesus andto a few safefriends who willstrengthen andsalve what’s beenbattered and makeyou laugh inspite of hard past.