the church of the
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Tuesday, March 17
Psalm 78:1-39 / Romans 4:13-25 / John 7:37-52
"You will search for me and will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come." (John 7: 34)
I believe that what keeps me stronger is the awareness of myself as a very frail human being, with such a frailty that even faith in God sometimes is hard to accept because of the obstacles of daily life. These are the moments in which hopelessness replaces any form of belief.
But faith in God is different. It is stronger than any kind of belief: it can't make you hopeless.
After reading the Scriptures, I feel much stronger, considering that having Faith is like being part of a whole, a common place in a compelling culture, so deeply inherited by human kind for centuries, that its acceptance is beyond any imagination.
That is why:
"Out of the believer's heart shall flow rivers of living waters." (John 7:38)
— Vittoria Chierici
"You will search for me and will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come." (John 7: 34)
I believe that what keeps me stronger is the awareness of myself as a very frail human being, with such a frailty that even faith in God sometimes is hard to accept because of the obstacles of daily life. These are the moments in which hopelessness replaces any form of belief.
But faith in God is different. It is stronger than any kind of belief: it can't make you hopeless.
After reading the Scriptures, I feel much stronger, considering that having Faith is like being part of a whole, a common place in a compelling culture, so deeply inherited by human kind for centuries, that its acceptance is beyond any imagination.
That is why:
"Out of the believer's heart shall flow rivers of living waters." (John 7:38)
— Vittoria Chierici
