| by His Eminence Jean ( Shahovskoy) |
| Archbishop of San Francisco and West |
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| Many people think that living by faith and fulfill the will of God is very difficult. In fact it is very easy. Just pay attention to details, trifles, and try to avoid the evil things in the slightest, most trivial. This is the easiest and safest way to enter the spirit world and become closer to God. The man often thinks that the Creator requires of him great things, that the Gospel insists on complete self-sacrifice, the abolition of his personality, etc.. as a condition of faith. The man is so frightened by this that he began to fear to become familiar with God, get closer to God, and he hid himself from God, would not even consider the Word of God. "If I can not do anything significant for God, so I'd better stay away from spiritual things, stop thinking about eternity, and live" in a normal manner. " |
exist at the entrance of a spiritual kingdom "hypnosis big things" should be doing something big or do nothing. And so people do nothing for God or for their souls! It's very strange, a man more devoted to small things in life, unless he wants to be honest or pure or faithful to God in these things. And yet we must adopt a correct attitude toward the little things if one wishes to approach the kingdom of heaven.
if one wishes to approach ... Are summarized in these words all the difficulties of religious life. Often we want to enter the Kingdom of Heaven suddenly, by some miraculous and magical way, or of law - with something like a big feat. But neither the one nor the other of these pathways is the right path to achieve the highest in the world. One does not enter God's presence in some wonderful way, while remaining indifferent to the needs on earth the Kingdom of God and his eternal light, not more than we can obtain the treasures of the Kingdom of God by a kind eternal act of some wonderful it can be. However, good deeds, holy actions are needed to grow into a higher life, a desire bright, a good desire, a heavenly psychology, a heart that is both pure and fair ...
"... And whosoever shall give only a glass of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will lose his reward . "(Mat.10 ; 42) In the words of the Lord is the highest expression of the smallness of the property. " A glass of water "is not much ... In any relationship between people, there must be invariably a good spirit. This spirit is Christ, overtly obvious or hidden.
" In the name of a disciple " - this is the first step in the relationship with another person in the name of Jesus Christ Himself. Many people do not yet know the Lord and the wonderful fellowship in His name, however, have relations with each human brotherhood, selfless and pure, which brings them closer to the Spirit of Christ ...
... In fact, although the smaller is necessary for humankind as the most prominent. People can coexist without agreeing the greater good, but not least, they can not exist. Mankind perishes not from a lack of greater good, but a simple lack of much less. The greater good is no more than a roof, lying on the brick walls of the smallest well. The least well, the simplest, was left on this earth for man by the Creator Himself, who took upon Him all the good the noblest. Whoever makes the least well, creates himself - and through it the Creator Himself creates - the greater good. From our small the Creator made his own good. For as our Lord is the Creator who formed all things from nothing, how much more he is able to create the greatest benefit from smaller ...
For such work more modest, easy, done in the greatest simplicity, a man got into the habit of doing good and begins to serve him with all his heart, sincerely, and in this way between a atmosphere of kindness, plunges the roots of his life in a new soil, soil good. The roots of human life quickly accommodate themselves to this good earth, and soon can not live without it ... Thus a man is saved: the small is big. "Being faithful in little things "turns out to be" faithful in much. "
Leaving aside all theoretical considerations such as: it is forbidden to slaughter millions of women, children and old people, content with you show your moral sense by not killing any way the dignity of your neighbor, nor by word, nor by implication, or by gesture. Do not get angry over trifles "against your brother in vain" (Matthew 5:22) or in contact daily life does not speak falsely to your neighbor. These are trifles, small changes of little importance, but just try to do it and see what will happen.
It is difficult to pray at night. Try the morning. If you are unable to pray at home, so when you roll up your workplace at least recite the "Our Father" with a simple mind and let the words of this short prayer echoing in your heart. Night and put your trust in all sincerity, the Heavenly Father. It's really very easy.
And give, give a glass of cold water to all those who need it, give a glass filled to the brim with a simple camaraderie for human all those who lack the simplest of camaraderie ...
O wonderful way of things, I'll sing a hymn! Surround yourself, good people, gird yourself with small works well - with a string of small feelings, simple, easy and good that cost nothing, a string of radiant thoughts, words and actions. Leaving aside the large and difficult. They are reserved for those who love and are not for us, who have not yet learned to love the greatest, for us who saw the Lord in his mercy, has spread everywhere love the smaller, free as water and air. "
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