Therefore, beloved, since you are forewarned, be on your guard not to be led into the error of the unprincipled and to fall from your own stability. But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory now and to the day of eternity. Amen. (2 Pt 3:17-18)
Since we are forewarned through the prophets and the teachings of the Lord Christ on Earth and the Lord in the Holy Spirit, we can use our wisdom to avoid unbeneficial choices. We will make wrong choices too, but i don't like to linger on the negative for which any man with commonsense and a conscience feels regret and through wisdom makes an effort to set things right. Just Do It, as the Nike ad reads, Just Do Good, Just Make Amends, Just Love All without lingering in the Dark or the negative vibes of doubt, cynicism, hopelessness and powerlessness. We are forewarned that we might use our reason to cultivate wisdom and make the best choices for our self and the world around us.
Error abounds. Ego desires to bend truths for its own lazy, selfish and fearful convenience. I've heard that anything worthwhile takes effort. Effort is required if one is to sustain ones principles. Effort is required to maintain stability. In an ever changing world we must be at the wheel of our vessel and steer with an even keel. Sow and we shall reap, thus by sowing effort we shall reap the true and bountiful, growing in grace and knowledge. Life will not necessarily get any easier we are warned again and again and again, but then, ease is the way of the Self, the selfish, self interested and self righteous. Ease is cutting corners. Ease is dropping the difficult or unattractive. Ease is the voice of the mob crying for attention, in want, in need and in fear. Ease is an illusion, for if one takes the path of ease, me thinks there can only be greater suffering because one is ill prepared to confront the hard truths that life may bring. In grace and knowledge we grow and can stand upright and be people able to weather storms, always in the light, always in goodness, always in love. At least, that is my goal; have i any goal more worthwhile?
To him be glory now and to the day of eternity, indeed, to the day of our enlightenment, of no re-birth (a Buddhist reference, my Bodhisattva's).
Blessed is our St. Boniface who worked tirelessly to reveal the Truth to men lost in the darkness of fear and hunger and baseness.
Amen.
Deo gratias.
Since we are forewarned through the prophets and the teachings of the Lord Christ on Earth and the Lord in the Holy Spirit, we can use our wisdom to avoid unbeneficial choices. We will make wrong choices too, but i don't like to linger on the negative for which any man with commonsense and a conscience feels regret and through wisdom makes an effort to set things right. Just Do It, as the Nike ad reads, Just Do Good, Just Make Amends, Just Love All without lingering in the Dark or the negative vibes of doubt, cynicism, hopelessness and powerlessness. We are forewarned that we might use our reason to cultivate wisdom and make the best choices for our self and the world around us.
Error abounds. Ego desires to bend truths for its own lazy, selfish and fearful convenience. I've heard that anything worthwhile takes effort. Effort is required if one is to sustain ones principles. Effort is required to maintain stability. In an ever changing world we must be at the wheel of our vessel and steer with an even keel. Sow and we shall reap, thus by sowing effort we shall reap the true and bountiful, growing in grace and knowledge. Life will not necessarily get any easier we are warned again and again and again, but then, ease is the way of the Self, the selfish, self interested and self righteous. Ease is cutting corners. Ease is dropping the difficult or unattractive. Ease is the voice of the mob crying for attention, in want, in need and in fear. Ease is an illusion, for if one takes the path of ease, me thinks there can only be greater suffering because one is ill prepared to confront the hard truths that life may bring. In grace and knowledge we grow and can stand upright and be people able to weather storms, always in the light, always in goodness, always in love. At least, that is my goal; have i any goal more worthwhile?
To him be glory now and to the day of eternity, indeed, to the day of our enlightenment, of no re-birth (a Buddhist reference, my Bodhisattva's).
Blessed is our St. Boniface who worked tirelessly to reveal the Truth to men lost in the darkness of fear and hunger and baseness.
Amen.
Deo gratias.
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