tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18568699.post5782372602866862817..comments2024-03-20T06:08:51.320-04:00Comments on roosje: {little rose}: The world is not rationalelizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00962587884124992942noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18568699.post-57124197677537508802009-07-15T16:07:35.337-04:002009-07-15T16:07:35.337-04:00Yes. And I am in need of reminding of it on a dai...Yes. And I am in need of reminding of it on a daily basis...elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00962587884124992942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18568699.post-63467426708584310032009-07-15T16:04:33.308-04:002009-07-15T16:04:33.308-04:00Yes, it is a supreme victory for the enemy that we...Yes, it is a supreme victory for the enemy that we spend so much time fretting over the future and regretting the past.<br /><br />We very, very much need God's mercy even to begin.margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07727534908302610374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18568699.post-2882480264205796372009-07-14T09:50:59.357-04:002009-07-14T09:50:59.357-04:00Margi,
Yep. That's it. I read this book abo...Margi, <br /><br />Yep. That's it. I read this book about 5 years ago... <br /><br />It is hard to live in the moment. <br /><br />We need God's mercy to even begin.elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00962587884124992942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18568699.post-51955295231305440912009-07-14T09:17:26.526-04:002009-07-14T09:17:26.526-04:00"Basically we could not make it up." I ..."Basically we could not make it up." I think you have the crux of it. We could not make it up. I have been reading 'Mountain of Silence' by Kyriacos Markides and he quotes verbatim from 'Fr Maximos' (Bishop Athanasios of Limassol) on love, on the Jesus Prayer and the presence of the Theotokos on the Holy Mountain and I get little jewel-like glimpses into how radiantly wonderful it all really is and that dwelling on this life makes us like little bugs trapped in dirty, cracked, upturned cups. Yet I do worry, of course, I was told by a very interesting monk at the weekend to stop and "live in the moment of what is happening to you" and it's hard.margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07727534908302610374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18568699.post-63924954370076913432009-07-09T22:04:41.118-04:002009-07-09T22:04:41.118-04:00Thank you so much Mimi - I appreciate your encoura...Thank you so much Mimi - I appreciate your encouragment very much. <br /><br />Thank you also K - that you find my words lovely is a blessing to me. <br /><br />Yes, I have had some lovely times with friends and am thankful.elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00962587884124992942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18568699.post-55323912503740432472009-07-09T21:10:24.697-04:002009-07-09T21:10:24.697-04:00These are lovely words. Thank you. It also looks...These are lovely words. Thank you. It also looks like you've had some lovely moments with friends lately!Meadowlark Dayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17335888132960472805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18568699.post-14524453811118297312009-07-09T14:18:22.966-04:002009-07-09T14:18:22.966-04:00one of the reasons I am a Christian is because the...<i>one of the reasons I am a Christian is because the description of God's love and of Christ - in the Bible - and in literature - and in experience of many. I do not believe humans or this world (without God) are ultimately able to create a Christ who is so loving; it is because God's love is outside of our experience that I believe it is true. Basically we could not make it up. <br /></i><br /><br />Wow. I love this. Beautiful.Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02645484704486562810noreply@blogger.com