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... The joy of the Lord is our refuge ... Fr. Nehemiah 8:10
Each of us carries a daily series of recurring tasks and challenges of the na-Smart is highly tasks you-our time and demand the implementation of them at the right level. This is called routine. Jewish philosopher and theologian Abraham Heschel (born in Warsaw) says: "routine makes us immune to the wonders of" . There is a lot of truth. If you are depriving our intelligence capabilities musings on life, admire the time that we let that fear of the "daily bread" deprived us of a sense of how precious we are in God's eyes and how much we mean to Him. And how can a beautiful world around us - including people who live next J .
For those of our primary concerns in life, Jesus had referred to in the Sermon on the Mount. He said there (in Matt. Matthew 6:25), words like: not be anxious about his life, what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, nor about your body, what ye clothed. Is not life more than food, and the body than raiment?
But how are we to understand that life is more than food when so much time and energy we spend on providing and maintaining the basic minimum of food, clothing and shelter? This "daily grind" may cause a completely get lost sense of God's presence in our lives and God's purpose for our lives. We may feel like Job, who in his despair, he cried: Here goes around me, and I do not see him pass, and do not see him (9:11) . And Jesus himself warned in Matt. Arch. 21:34 Take heed to yourself to your hearts be weighed down by concerns about survival and I hope that day does not surprise you .
Julian of Norwich, the fourteenth-century English mystic, had an idea on how to help yourself and others to excitation in a real joy, even in the most monotonous, boring day - focused only on work and responsibilities of permanent . She said: joy is to see God in all . Simple but very effective. And the Psalmist in Ps. 19:2 wrote: heavens declare the glory of God . The prophet Isaiah (6:3) adds: whole earth is full of His glory . Admiration for the work of creation leads us to an even greater admiration for the Creator and to cast him glory.
Thank you, dear God
for all those little things
reminding you of your grace,
love that does not fade like a flower field, as a summer storm ...
Thank you for all the stopping the run,
moments of silence sweet as the scent of acacia.
ozdobiłeś so beautiful earth.
Enjoy our eyes - the colors of the rainbow and water,
gardens attracting bees from the far sides.
Such small things we forget
who trample on the run,
not notice the stream and whispering breeze.
do not notice as the seasons change,
how beautiful you come in autumn, winter and sheathed in white ...
zapatrzyliśmy in something else happened,
gave up magic gardens, glass,
prepackaged prescriptions for a headache and a longing heart.
Through rose-colored glasses will not see blue sky ...
Thank you, dear God,
for open letters that you send every day - tirelessly.
You hope that it will recognize your work
- from fieldstone pebble the highest cliffs ...
That we recognize in the jagged leaves
your idea ...
Such small things are around us,
we can break, touch, smell their scent,
dip your hands in the cool depths of the river,
see drawn with the birds in the sky your hand.
We ask: Where are you? How do you recognize? How do I believe?
At our feet, your flowers bloom.
glass in the windows of our houses ... flushed with Your rain
Rowan ripen red - in love as the Creator of the brides ...
And we? (Barry Zychla)
If deprives you of the daily routine of enthusiasm and joy, then take some time, to look around us signs of God's love, His majesty, His goodness - present in creation. Renew my strength, and have great fun with who God is and who you are for Him. I find him a new strength in him discover a new destination, even the most routine tasks and activities that you do every day.
Brother Lawrence advised:
* Whatever you do you should stop for a moment - for a few minutes - as often as possible and praise God from the depth your heart, enjoying Him in the secret of your heart. These brief moments of respite (escape) serve to free you from focusing on myself. This of course does not mean that you have abandoned their responsibilities, but rather it would not be possible. Let common sense be your guide. However, I believe that a common mistake is not a spiritual person to leave his professional career and from time to time to praise his God in his spirit, and seeking rest and peace in His divine presence - even for a short moment.
* is not necessary to stay in the church, to persist in the presence of God. Let us make our hearts a chapel, to which we can enter at any time and talk with God in private.
* Every moment offers him her heart. Do not limit your love for him to rigid rules and gestures of devotion. Come out to Him in faith, love and humility.
* Do not forget about him! The thought of him often, I love it continually, live and die with him. This is the one true Christian business, in other words - this is our profession. If We do not know, it's time to learn this.
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The practice of God's presence , Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection barefooted Carmelite (translation Jarosław Soltys), Publishing House "Esprit", 2007.
Brother Lawrence is one of the greatest classics of Christian spirituality in the world. Seventeenth-century soldier, Nicolas Herman ravaged by war for 30 years of lands are being extraordinary spiritual vision, spinning-mieniającej his life. Joins a monastery and lived there several years, working as a simple brother in the kitchen and the repair of footwear. A modest, quiet and forgotten. Found after his death, records and lists are for all the shock: it turns out that they had to do with spirituality giant-made Thomas a Kempis, who left the message simple, but with astounding power. The book remains for many years on the bestseller lists in the religious world. I recommend.
Because I do not hold this position in the Polish language, I have chosen quotations are my translation from the English edition The practice of the presence of God "by Brother Lawrence , Whitaker House, USA, 1982.
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