Do not let difficulties overwhelm you
Oct
23
2016
Do not let difficulties, lack of understanding, and so on, overwhelm you, but live each day with trust in God, not worrying about the problems of the morrow because God give us the strength to pursue the path of crucifixion; there is no other way to be Christian. Our duty is just to constantly follow the right path.
Based on Bishop Nektary Kontzevitch, Father Seraphim Rose
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Orthodox
Thank you for this lesson. Those people, who trust God and have difficulties in their lives, have indeed blessings more than many others. Their places during the eternal lives will be indeed in the best locations in the Heaven. The souls do not inherit the physical problems, but their appearances in Heaven will be like they never had any physical problem in life. Their lives are maybe not easy now, but the benefits of them in Heaven are countless.
God bless them always!
God bless you always!
Ioan Toma
Most of the times, God does this in order to detach His beloved ones from from material things in order to let them fly free to the Heaven.
Orthodox
The answer is an additional spiritual gift for us.
Thanks a lot!
May I ask you a question please?
Someone baptized as an adult. In the past, this person committed a sin that send people in hell, but didn’t really understood it as a big sin, as it was suggested as an advice by someone else.
Because of the lack of knowledge, even when this person baptized, still didn’t understand that has committed a sin (didn’t think about it at all). Even years after the baptism, still this person is not quite sure that has sinned.
Is this person free from this sin, because committed the sin before the baptism or not yet?
Note: This person never confessed, even before the baptism and has not yet a Spiritual Father.
Thank you for your kind help in this issue.
God bless you always more and more!
Ioan Toma
Yes, since it is before the baptism (s)he is free of that sin – in fact it is free of any sin committed before baptism. However the results of sin remain – usually this means a weakness in that point.
For example: if you are a smoker – you quit, confess or are baptized. You are free of it – you are not guilty in front of spiritual law – however you lungs are trashed and your breathing system has problems
Orthodox
Thank you very much for your answer.
I’m very grateful for your kind help.
Have a blessed time forever!