quote: BarbaraTherese
We actually I dont think accomplish anything at all that is good not of ourselves…all comes from God’s Grace. Gpd often stuns me with His Humility and how silently and behind the scenes He Chooses to Work - hence no demand for any glory at all…which nevertheless entirely belongs to Him and Him only.
- hence no demand for any glory at all…which nevertheless entirely belongs to Him and Him only.
Isn’t* that* the truth.
I have fought a [losing] battle, not to heartily congradulate
myself, when I have somehow! managed to “do good”…
in the sense of a lot of “self back-patting”…trying not to
“see” or acknowledge that it was God’s
gift of strength,
patience and courage that made that “good” even
remotely possible.
“Not to us, Lord, not to us, but to You, be the glory.” [Psalms?]
May I take exception to the following?
quote: BarbaraTherese
It is just the way humanity is constructed and according to our ideas of perfection…presents an imperfection in us in that only a passage of time normally brings about acceptance, resignation and The Peace of The Lord. I think that this is due to Original Sin…but this is inbuilt into our nature too.
And I’ll tell you why:
Christ wept, over Jerusalem, over the death of Lazarus.
Yet He was free from Original Sin.
He prayed, in the Garden: Father, if it be possible,
remove this cup, from Me…
And on the cross:
My, God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?..
Full acceptance of our humanity, I think,
means that we
will, with little doubt, experience devastation…[often, over
a considerable period of time] at at great loss…not due to O.S.,
but *because *of our cherished humanity…i.e. cherished, by God, Himself.
I suppose the point could be made that Christ* immediatley*
resigned Himself to His Father’s will, and yet…
[What do you think of my “take” on OS *not being involved,
in terms of the period of time - that needs pass - before
we can say: Not my will, but Yours, be done?]
That, perhaps, this acceptance of loss is of even
greater
value, to the Father, because of what it takes, on our part,
to accept such loss? [our cherished humanity?]
“Not my will, but Yours, be done.”]
I’d would appreciate your thought on same.
As far as Judaic spirituality is concerned, at least part
of same can be intuited from Hasidic stories:
chabad.org/library/article.asp?AID=6588
If you ever have time, Barb, please consider taking a look
at some of these. [Many are so beautiful.]
Best,
reen