who knows no grumbling
no sighing and complaining,
and don’t let that
I worry too much
about this something
that spreads so widely
and calls himself ‘I’. ‘
(A quote from a young preacher
who died in France
in the First World War,
when he was only 19 years old) .
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will always help a seeker of truth.This kind of sharingis necessaryin order to improve the qualityof the monastic life of all religionsand even to help in the taskof monastic renewalin all monasteriesin a world where trueseekers and mystics live.
If you don’t feel
measuring up,a powerful quotemight give you a boost.You may suddenly feela surge of motivation.It can shape yourself-talk in that momentto take positive action.But Do they help?Do they work?You need faithin a greater powerWho cares for you.
There is strife
asserted against othersand where dissentersare excluded on alarge and small scale.Peace can growwhere people feelrespect for one anotherand perceive whensomeone needs attention.Peace is where beingdifferent is experiencednot as a threat butas an enrichment.Only God can give us,this peace.God wantsus to overcomestrife, hatred, warand separationamong us humans.
Man seeks after empty
for peace in a world at war.But the child of God,who is blessed to bereconciled to Godhas peace with Himthrough theforgiveness of sin.Hehas also thepeace of God within.
Temptations to flesh
Mental peace will never by yours.It leads to destruction.Be a spiritual being.‘Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life’. Galatians 6: 8 of the Holy Bible.
My encounters
are from dawnto duskand a wholelifelong.Most of theseencountersare small.though nothing,absolutely nothingis truly small.Sometimes theyare large beyondany description.They are reallysustaining.