It is a Gift

Suffering is a lesson,

It is a gift,

What is taken will be given back and multiplied. 

Suffering destroys arrogance, 

It sharpens faith, 

It directs our zeal to humility. 

Suffering is the reason for strength,

It is the reason for experience, 

It is the reason for gratitude and for love.

This is why the downtrodden, the crippled, the sick, the weak, the tortured and the least are great,

This is why we are resurrected by humility alone. 

If one thinks we heal by "self" alone, this again is pride, 

We by ourselves are nothing,

Without God we die,

Disbelief is a falsehood,

Disbelief is a lie,

It's a trap and a snare,

We cannot thank ourselves,

We cannot thank luck or fate,

We cannot thank men or the universe for our healing,

Fore none are creators, none are intelligent and none can be trusted,

Fore only by faith in God, not in ourselves do we survive and live.

The crushed and the destroyed can only mend and repair,

They can only rise,

Fore this is the justice of God,

Watch and see that God is love,

Watch and witness this happen as I speak,

Watch and see it happen before your very eyes!

The therapists chair (a true story)

I was in a therapists room, 

Sat on the chair,

They looked at me and spoke,

I looked away,

Again, they looked at me and spoke,

I looked away again.

There was silence for a moment,

Then I saw a picture of the last supper on the wall in front of me.

The therapist asked me about my problems,

I said I've been bullied,

"Why do you think they bullied you?" She asked. 

I paused for a while.

I replied, "because they were afraid."

"What of?" she asked.

Yet again I paused and felt sad, and bowed my head.

Then I looked up to the picture of the last supper.

And replied, "The Truth!"

The therapy concluded. 

By God's Grace

I talk to myself,

Or so it seems,

"Do your best, try your hardest?!" I say.

I'm talking to the demons and satan himself.

"You won't beat me, you won't destroy me, your not going to make me despair."

"Christ has my back and the Mother of God is always close. My Guardian Angel is with me, as are The Holy Saints.

I pray and I have faith."

"I've been in despair before, I rose again, with the help of The Almighty.

And if I despair again, I will rise again. Never will I remain down.

You have my word."

"You can keep on pursuing your goal to make me lose my faith in despair, 

bring it on, 

It's no challenge for me,

By God's Grace."

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Where's your evidence???

There's more evidence that Jesus existed than there is for Aristotle, Plato, Thucydides and even Julius Caesar existed to name only a few, do you believe they existed? 400 eye witnesses witnessed Jesus's Resurrection, and why would anyone die for a lie? Including people who met Him, and throughout the ages and to this day, people die for Christ. Are you bitter and blind? Where's the evidence life comes from nothing? Science proves life comes from life. Hence creation is true and this means it requires an intelligent mind, namely God. And I ask again where your evidence it's wrong? Back up your argument please? Also the historical, archaeological and even scientific evidence shows Jesus is real and The Bible is real and true! Emotions are not just chemical reactions, how would you explain love for example or honesty or jealousy or hurt or anger or fear or joy? and things don't happen just by coincidence or chance. How can you trust yourself if you don't know what your senses are telling you are true, if we're just made from chance and the accident of chemical reactions? Millions upon millions of things in the universe point towards the reality of Jesus Christ as God, three examples, the Cross shaped molecule that holds the body together. The Cross in the middle of galaxy's and black holes in outerspace, and the divine spark at conception. These are only three examples of millions. All the places Jesus visited still exist archaeologically and people experience Miracles regularly. You just need to be open minded and research honestly, and you too could have faith in Christ +

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Truth is Revealed

I was furious because of disrespect!

I was furious and I asked why me?! 

I was furious and it led to despair!

I was furious and I began to not care!

Then one day there was a seed of Hope and I saw this plain and clear,

That pride always comes before a fall and the Truth is always revealed,

In timing of perfection,

With the climax of Easter and The Resurrection!

So I fell into despair as a lesson, 

and I learnt my lesson well,

My lesson was to show and not tell,

To try and perfect myself by showing in words as a poet, 

By showing here what I learnt and this is the crux, 

the Truth is constant and not a state of flux.

There is no hope in pride and arrogance,

There is no hope in manifestation and vibration,

There is no hope in manipulation and aggression,

There is no hope in intoxication and narcotic assimilation. 

Hope is faith in the unseen, faith will bring kinder times, uplifting times, joyful times!

Only with humility and sacrifice, and selflessness will brighter times arrive,

This is why we strive.

And if hope is not believed in?

and is a mere abstract concept?

Where too is love and kindness, and peace?

But, Love is real, kindness is real, peace is real, that's why it is wrong to hurt, maim and kill. 

Cain and Abel had a brother named Seth, 

The bloodline continued,

This was a sign of the power of The Creator, 

And the influence He Imbued.

Humility shows this,

Look and see and ask, 

And do not bask

In your own thoughts,

Fore it will lead to despair

And separation from Truth,

Bring joy from true knowledge

And only then will Hope you acknowledge!

Love has arrived... ⭐ 👑 🙏

 It's a cold morning in the desert and all is clear and quiet.

The kings travel from afar, and yet again they gaze toward the guiding Star.

They follow the Star as it guides their path to the place, the place of Holiness, Humility and utmost Grace. 

A Star like no other, such brightness, such beauty, that shepherds also see. Leaving the fields in wonder they await to witness their Holy Majesty. 

First the shepherds meet The Shepherd and then the kings meet The King, they fall to their knees in awe and worship with gifts they did bring. 

For the child who is born a miraculous yet humble birth in a manger, and they declare "God is with us!" He is not distant, He is not a stranger, but He is Love and Truth, and He holds us in His arms when we need comfort, He carries us on His shoulders when we are weak, He finds us when it is Him we seek. 

"God is with us" we must praise His Name Emmanuel!

He is everywhere present and filling all things, He is near, He is not far away and all we need to do is ask and say, Thank you, thank you dear God.

Keep on climbing the ladder

Feel the pain and pray,

Feel the strain and pray,

Be at war with your sin and pray,

Never stop, not for one second.

Wake up, day after day, with renewed energy, galvanized energy to fight once again, 

Never relent,

Never cease,

Never back down,

Always repent, always struggle, always strive for the good,

To be rid of your sin,

To be stripped bare, 

To be willing to lay down your life for your brother, for your sister, for your soul, for your salvation, for your future.

One who knows God is at war with sin.

If you forget, remember,

If you waver, get back on the straight road,

If you stumble, stand firm,

If you're sent reelling backwards, recover and rebuild and reform,

If you're spiralling downwards and darkness hits you like a hammer, reach up for God's hands and plea for help,

He will listen to a sincere heart,

He will help a suffering soul,

He will console the rejected, the wounded, the neglected, the tortured, He will give you peace.

 

"God is near to the broken hearted, and saves the crushed in spirit" psalm 34:18

I was all those things, I couldn't. 

I couldn't continue, but I did, 

I was knocked to the ground, I couldn't get up, but I did, 

I couldn't take life anymore, but I did.

I felt weak and dead inside, but God knew I had faith and saved me. 

That miniscule feeling of faith and that tiny bit of hope you have, is enough.

"For when I am weak then I AM strong"

2 Corinthians 12: 10

What is Paradise for me?

It is Glory,

It is Salvation, 

It is Mercy, 

It is The Light that has overcome the darkness.

Paradise is the place to be still and to be calm, 

Paradise is the place where the Angels and Saints sing hymns in Praise and Glory to His Name, The Annointed One.

Paradise is the pure place of the Prince of Peace.

It is the Eternal Sanctuary where life is sacred, protected and sanctified. 

It is above earthly worries and and above earthly cares, and beyond measure and vastness, it is where complete and absolute beauty and Truth reside.

Take a fruit tree, grown from a good seed, in the finest soil for the tree, perfected in the exact conditions and environment needed for the best growth and abundance of flowers and the fruit,

then you see, how life in Paradise is in its every pore. 

Water from every river and stream, is clean and fresh, there is no worry in drinking as there are no chemicals here, no waste, no contamination at all, nothing artificial. 

Everything is of God.

People have only love in their hearts, dwelling with eachother as brother and sister, everyone is a friend and there are no enemies. One does not lust or envy, hate or anger, or feel any pain, but everyone is joyful and at rest.

Everyone is kind and shows mercy, 

Everyone is good and shows humility,

Everyone is at peace and in tranquility,

Everyone is united in love for the one True God, The King of Kings, Jesus Christ... +

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Pure Love

All of us seek love,

All of us seek happiness,

All of us seek meaning,

Isn't it right to seek the ultimate love to give us all of this?

Without sexuality or filth,

Without degredation,

Without unnecessary complexity,

Without danger or risk,

Without sabotage or manipulation,

Without force or coercion,

But with strong yet simple self sacrifice, understanding and humility, 

With the complete giving of mercy and peace and calm,

Do you not want to receive this?

God does not take, 

He allows you the time in your life to work towards His Eternal Heavenly Kingdom,

Do you not want this?

Therefore do as I do in your weakness, do your utter best by the force of your will to follow in His Way, in His Truth and in His Life.

God is Pure Love.

I Fall

In Winter I think of the fallen,

The soldiers who died in foreign fields and closer to home, for the sake of our freedom and a brighter future. 

I think of the people of the world who struggle with sin throughout their lives who everyday dust themselves down and start a new again and again, and again.

When snow falls I fall too,

I fall to my knees and look up at the white sky from where it came,

I look up and where my eyes dwell I contemplate in the coldness of the day my Creator.

I fall like the Three Magi fell to their knees in reverence to the child in the manger, the child who is God in the flesh, born not in riches and wealth, but in humility.

Such humility, God himself fell to Earth to be with His fallen people. He became sin for us to take our sins away, a selfless sacrifice for our salvation, the ultimate example of absolute true love.

I look up and I read the lives within Holy scripture, and I recognise time again why I fall like they fell, like when Lazarus was raised from dead, like when the blind were made to see and the crippled were made to walk, they fell all around to their knees in astonishment and awe, and marvelled at these miracles.

I fall everyday when I do wrong, I feel a death inside, 

But everyday I wake up I am born again and on doing a good thing I am resurrected, thus we mirror in a small human way the birth, the life and resurrection.

Like a Sparrow who plummets to the ground to feed, eats the good seed and flies up returning to the nest, so we must continue this same course with love in our heart and a sweet song on our lips. 

A poem by Saint Velimirovich

 Prayers by the Lake

Poem XXXII (32)

St. Nikolai Velimirovich of Ochrid 

My faith sees You, Lord.

It is the light and the farseeing vision of my eyes.

It is the sensing of Your omnipresence. It pulls my knees to the ground and lifts my arms toward heaven.

My faith is my soul’s contact with You. It prompts my heart to dance and my throat to sing.

When a swallow draws near, the baby swallows become excited in the nest. For even in the distance they sense the coming of their mother.

My faith is my excitement, for You are coming, my Mother.

If my friend is thinking of me while writing a letter in a distant city, I also dismiss other thoughts and think of my friend.

My faith is my thinking about You, which prompts You, all-encompassing Lord, to think of me.

When a lion is separated from his lioness, the lion’s eyes are distraught with longing for the lioness.

My faith is my longing for You, when You are far from me, my Beauty.

When there is no sun, the most terrifying storms lash the sea.

My faith is the calming of the storm within my soul, for Your light pours into me and pacifies me.

My eyes said to me: “We do not see Him.” But I pacified them with the words: “The truth is, that you were not created to see Him but to see what is His.”

My ears said to me: “We do not hear Him.” But I brought them to their senses with the words: “The truth is, that you were not created to hear Him but to hear what is His.”

Nothing of all that is created can see or hear Him but only what is His. What is created sees and hears what is created. Only what is begotten of Him can see Him. And only what is begotten of Him can hear Him. A painting cannot see the painter, but the son of a painter can see the painter. A bell cannot hear a bell-caster, but the daughter of a bell-caster can hear her father.

The eye cannot see Him because it was not created for the purpose of seeing Him. The ear cannot hear Him, because it was not created for the purpose of hearing Him. But vision can see Him, and hearing can hear Him.

My faith sees You, Lord, just as what is begotten sees its begetter. My faith hears You, Lord, just as what is begotten hears its begetter.

The God within me sees and hears the God in You. And God is not created but begotten.

My faith is like diving into the abyss of my soul and swimming out with You.

My faith is my only genuine knowledge. Everything else is like the children collecting motley pebbles by the lake.

My dear Muslim neighbours,

I hope you will feel Love and know Truth. We all struggle in life, it's not easy, nothing is, but knowing that God only speaks the Truth and loves you makes all the difference. God doesn't force or coerce, or hate, or deceive. But, God is honest, forgiving, kind and loving, caring and humble, fore He made Himself man in order to be with us and show us the way to the purity and Holiness of His Heavenly Kingdom, where no degredation or lust exists, but only Love.

Please research into your book?
Be completely honest with what you read in your book? Open your heart?

If you are good in heart you ought to feel gentle loving kindness, everyone ought to, and know the Truth in life.

God is not merciless, but merciful, God is not a liar, but honest and truthful.

Love and Truth are only in Jesus Christ, as is written in The Holy Bible.

I do not mean to force, but to humbly and honestly show the way that Love and Truth are to be found...

Orthodox Study Bible https://share.google/kObHeVkYR28AaVEO4

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What is Love? - Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America https://share.google/3CWcSIpxyXw6SBQYc

What is Truth? - Orthodox Church in America https://www.oca.org/reflections/berzonsky/what-is-truth