Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life,
but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life,
but the wrath of God remains upon him (Jn 3:36)
What is the wrath of God? Fire and brimstone and total destruction? Perhaps, but it could be more subtle, like a continued separation. By ones own choice this cloak of darkness is maintained, alone with ones ego against the world, in isolation, death without hope, death without peace, this road is suffering.
And to obey the Son? Love thy neighbour and to love God? To see God in all men and to be compassionate and to know loving-kindness to the sick and poor, young and old and even those that you might see as your enemies? To forgive and show mercy just as He forgives and shows mercy through the grace of His Father? In a materialistic, cold, selfish and fearful world that claims to desire peace for all mankind, obeying the Son seems like common sense. By choosing the primacy of ones own Self before others, one creates separation and distance. By choosing the primacy of ones own Self before God, one chooses a path of sorrow and tears, frustration, blame, anger and the absence of Love.
I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall be ever in my mouth. Taste and see how good the LORD is; blessed the man who takes refuge in him (Ps 34)
So we choose to take refuge in Him, voluntarily. May i be so bold as to suggest an adaption to the Buddhist refuge ceremony? No offence meant, rather cohesion, meeting and understanding.
I take refuge in the Son
I take refuge in the Father
I take refuge in the Holy Ghost.
By saying these words out loud, we create. What do words create? A bond between our own free will, the flesh and the Spirit, me thinks. We submit to that which we freely acknowledge is greater than us: God, Creator, One, Love. We join with others under this same place of refuge to know peace and relief from suffering. In the Son, we acknowledge our Teacher. In the Father, we acknowledge the Wisdom of Grace, Mercy, Hope and Eternal Love. In the Holy Ghost, we acknowledge our church, the community of faithful, the sap of the vine that unites us all throughout the ages.
Deo gratias.
but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life,
but the wrath of God remains upon him (Jn 3:36)
What is the wrath of God? Fire and brimstone and total destruction? Perhaps, but it could be more subtle, like a continued separation. By ones own choice this cloak of darkness is maintained, alone with ones ego against the world, in isolation, death without hope, death without peace, this road is suffering.
And to obey the Son? Love thy neighbour and to love God? To see God in all men and to be compassionate and to know loving-kindness to the sick and poor, young and old and even those that you might see as your enemies? To forgive and show mercy just as He forgives and shows mercy through the grace of His Father? In a materialistic, cold, selfish and fearful world that claims to desire peace for all mankind, obeying the Son seems like common sense. By choosing the primacy of ones own Self before others, one creates separation and distance. By choosing the primacy of ones own Self before God, one chooses a path of sorrow and tears, frustration, blame, anger and the absence of Love.
I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall be ever in my mouth. Taste and see how good the LORD is; blessed the man who takes refuge in him (Ps 34)
So we choose to take refuge in Him, voluntarily. May i be so bold as to suggest an adaption to the Buddhist refuge ceremony? No offence meant, rather cohesion, meeting and understanding.
I take refuge in the Son
I take refuge in the Father
I take refuge in the Holy Ghost.
By saying these words out loud, we create. What do words create? A bond between our own free will, the flesh and the Spirit, me thinks. We submit to that which we freely acknowledge is greater than us: God, Creator, One, Love. We join with others under this same place of refuge to know peace and relief from suffering. In the Son, we acknowledge our Teacher. In the Father, we acknowledge the Wisdom of Grace, Mercy, Hope and Eternal Love. In the Holy Ghost, we acknowledge our church, the community of faithful, the sap of the vine that unites us all throughout the ages.
Deo gratias.
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