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This is just a little message I wanted to send, hope it reaches the faithful.
In Christianity, there is a certain radicality of spirit .. a beautiful denial of self to become a child of God. We pray for salvation. Sometimes though, we fail, and that makes us sad. We do not really fail deeply, but knowing the perfection in Christ, we have to admit that we do fail, because we don't entirely reach Him in full. But sometimes Jesus also reminds us of our worth, the beauty of the new generation we have become in Him, and that should lift us up. We always have this image of deep sincerity in God, and of course God is sincere, but His sincerity isn't of the kind that excludes happiness, joy, peace, gladness. He never really looses His sincerity. But let us give Him reason to be always glad, and if we again fall short of Christ, never take that as a reason to leave God. He's just waiting again, waiting for our return. Christ was true when He said this:
"Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."
He said it in Deuteronomy, He said it again in His earthly ministry.
So if we have sinned, let us confess quickly, not bury it in our hearts and be led astray. That God forgives us in our one-to-three relationship, that is one thing, but the others need to hear it too, our christian brethren. We need human forgiveness too. So let us be each other's assurance too, help the struggling brother, the struggling sister, the newborn baby, the kind stranger. Wherever a seed of goodness is present, we should help it grow and not deny it. The good Teacher works with the good He sees in someone, in the case of Jesus, it's our faith. He teaches our Faith, preaches against sin. We shall hate sin .. but we can also forgive it. Sometimes we can also forgive God .. it can be a help if we have been tested with harsh things. Forgiving God for treating us harshly, it makes us a child also. The world doesn't understand, worldly people can't understand why christians can be thankful even in suffering. We do not blame God. We have a promise. We deny ourselves for the better self of Christ. Christ loves our brethren.
Hallelujah! Praise God!
In Christianity, there is a certain radicality of spirit .. a beautiful denial of self to become a child of God. We pray for salvation. Sometimes though, we fail, and that makes us sad. We do not really fail deeply, but knowing the perfection in Christ, we have to admit that we do fail, because we don't entirely reach Him in full. But sometimes Jesus also reminds us of our worth, the beauty of the new generation we have become in Him, and that should lift us up. We always have this image of deep sincerity in God, and of course God is sincere, but His sincerity isn't of the kind that excludes happiness, joy, peace, gladness. He never really looses His sincerity. But let us give Him reason to be always glad, and if we again fall short of Christ, never take that as a reason to leave God. He's just waiting again, waiting for our return. Christ was true when He said this:
"Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."
He said it in Deuteronomy, He said it again in His earthly ministry.
So if we have sinned, let us confess quickly, not bury it in our hearts and be led astray. That God forgives us in our one-to-three relationship, that is one thing, but the others need to hear it too, our christian brethren. We need human forgiveness too. So let us be each other's assurance too, help the struggling brother, the struggling sister, the newborn baby, the kind stranger. Wherever a seed of goodness is present, we should help it grow and not deny it. The good Teacher works with the good He sees in someone, in the case of Jesus, it's our faith. He teaches our Faith, preaches against sin. We shall hate sin .. but we can also forgive it. Sometimes we can also forgive God .. it can be a help if we have been tested with harsh things. Forgiving God for treating us harshly, it makes us a child also. The world doesn't understand, worldly people can't understand why christians can be thankful even in suffering. We do not blame God. We have a promise. We deny ourselves for the better self of Christ. Christ loves our brethren.
Hallelujah! Praise God!