Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life. Show all posts

Saturday, August 8, 2020

Poem by an unknown soldier

 I asked God for strength, that I might achieve;

I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey.
I asked God for health, that I might do greater things;
I was given infirmity, that I might do better things.
I asked for riches, that I might be happy;
I was given poverty, that I might be wise.
I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men;
I was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God.
I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life;
I was given life, that I might enjoy all things.
I got nothing that I asked for but everything I had hoped for.
Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered.
I am among men, most richly blessed.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Spiritual Coldness

I have tough situations just like any other person. After seeing the pain on my mother because of her cancer and how my faith was starting to become weaker a weaker I decided to analyze the causes.

Friday December 02 2011
Maybe I just want to write that's it!
spiritual coldness in the life of a christian is part of a mature christian life. 



One will experience spiritual coldness at some point and some characteristics are:
  • existentialism for many aspects of life
  • many doubts
  • questions
  • annoyance to the christian faith
  • despair and discontent with some christian people
  • lack of faith
  • Knowing what Jesus wants but avoid applying it
  • hard time believing all things come for good purpose of God
  • hard time believing the will of God is helping at the moment
  • desire to go nuts and go back to the past sinful life

reasons for the spiritual coldness:

  • circumstances in life
  • things aren't going the way we want.
  • unrealistic expectations from before. Like believing God is your servant and thinking that all people who claim to be Christians are truly Christ alike.

Solutions:

  • Ask God for Love 
  • Ask God for revelation 
  • Be honest in your prayers with God. 
  • Start practicing and improving FAITH 
  • be basically calm and avoid going back to the sinful past 
  • be a lot more patient 
  • don't take your emotional pain on to people.  
  • be silent so you won't destroy people with your words 
  • think before acting and talking 
  • Prudence 
  • Tolerance
Keep struggling and as Winston Churchill said "We Shall never surrender..."