Becoming holy every day is not something we do for ourselves, it is something God does in us if we cooperate, for others around us and for all of history.
Give Jesus a big smile when you are frightened by your own poverty. Just keep the joy of Jesus as your strength. Be happy and at peace, accept whatever He gives or takes with a big smile.
Sometime people are hungry for more than bread. I is possible that our husbands, wives, children do not hunger for bread, do not need clothes or shelter. But are we sure the don’t feel alone, abandoned, neglected or in need of some affection?
If receiving the Nobel peace prize is only about appearances and vanity, then its goals are misled. It should awaken consciences in favor to all humanity, especially the poor. It should serve as a reminder that even the poor are our brothers and sisters, and deserve our love.
When that darkness comes, ultimate loneliness, the terrible feeling of being alone, and heaven seems closed from every side, I long for God. I long to love Him with every drop of life in me. And I want to love Him with a deep personal love!
If you want to become holy, then become poor. Jesus became poor to save us, and if we really want to become poor like Jesus did, the we have to become really poor, spiritually poor.
@w_bitterman I used to believe that the adversaries of God were much more subtle and hidden, but now I believe the adversaries are much more numerous, cunning and divisive in obvious and subtle ways.
Jesus loves you so much. Even more - He longs for you. He misses you when you don’t come close to Him. He thirsts for you, even when you don’t feel worthy.
Lord, grant that I may always bear in mind the very great dignity of the life you have called me to and all its responsibilities. Never let me dishonor it by being cold or unkind or impatient.
The greatest disease in the West today cannot be cured in hospitals. It is being unwanted, un loved and uncared for. The only cure for loneliness, despair and hopelessness is love. This is a different kind of poverty, a profound spiritual poverty. A hunger for love,hunger for God
I don’t think any human heart should dare to take life, or any human hand be raised to destroy life. Life is the life of God in us. Life is the greatest gift ever bestowed on humans, and we’ve been created in the image of God. Life belongs to God, and have no right to destroy it.