Matthew 6:16 "Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward."
Mater of physical pain in relation with faith. Jesus said when we fast, then our face should be bright and we should be joyful because we restrain ourselves in the name of GOD. True.
Then what Jesus suffered on the cross for our sake. No need to talk about it. Then stories about certain saints who wore barbed wire around their belly to remind themselves about the pain that Jesus suffered. I read the biography of Ignatio de Loyola. The ways he torched his body astounded me. The point of all this is that those people were able to think, work, walk, preach, form new religious groups etc. I one way they lived a fulfilled life.
I have some health problems lately and pain is on the first place. My heart, my reason, my faith tell me it is a betrayal of Jesus, at least it is a betrayal of yourself, of what you were speaking and thinking all these years. But no, pain comes on the first place and I can not read, think and what is the worst I forget about everything, I forget about Jesus.
Am I weak, or God is telling me something in his way. Anyway I�ll continue my struggle, even in these parts of the day when my consciousness breaks trough until I get better.
GOD WE SEEK FOR YOUR KINGDOM AND YOUR JUSTICE, AND ELSE WILL BE ADDED
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Mater of physical pain in relation with faith. Jesus said when we fast, then our face should be bright and we should be joyful because we restrain ourselves in the name of GOD. True.
Then what Jesus suffered on the cross for our sake. No need to talk about it. Then stories about certain saints who wore barbed wire around their belly to remind themselves about the pain that Jesus suffered. I read the biography of Ignatio de Loyola. The ways he torched his body astounded me. The point of all this is that those people were able to think, work, walk, preach, form new religious groups etc. I one way they lived a fulfilled life.
I have some health problems lately and pain is on the first place. My heart, my reason, my faith tell me it is a betrayal of Jesus, at least it is a betrayal of yourself, of what you were speaking and thinking all these years. But no, pain comes on the first place and I can not read, think and what is the worst I forget about everything, I forget about Jesus.
Am I weak, or God is telling me something in his way. Anyway I�ll continue my struggle, even in these parts of the day when my consciousness breaks trough until I get better.
GOD WE SEEK FOR YOUR KINGDOM AND YOUR JUSTICE, AND ELSE WILL BE ADDED
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