Along the difficult way—that is, in the trial of sickness and so forth—the thorn of doubt, of impatience, of cowardice comes to rend the garment of the soul. What […]
Tag: Pain
Make good use of pain
How good it would have been if we did not let pain go to waste! One way or another we will suffer. But our whole torture and struggle […]
Why are you hurting, dear man?
Why are you hurting so much? Not for any other reason, but because there is resistance in you, because there is rebellion. And here is how this rebellion works. […]
Walking together with God
If whatever we go through, we take it the right way and see it as a blessing from God –because indeed it is a blessing– we will feel so […]
How to confront grief?
Grief is coming (Extract from a morning sermon) There are people, who, when they are healthy and their wallets are full, their children are progressing and everything is pleasant, they […]
“Good” parents with … “bad” children
Parents, good parents, who are spiritual people, come to me to complain about their child, who has gone astray. And I say: “Look, you may consider yourselves good and […]
Pain is a shortcut to salvation
It says in the Gerondikon: “In the morning you may be in hell and in the evening you can be in paradise”. What is meant is that in the […]
Christians of comfort
Like the deep sea… Spiritual work happens secretly in the heart. Externally, let everything else threaten us. Like the sea: The wind blows, waves rise. But deep down it’s […]
Regarding pain
Martyrdom: Being put through the mill … and receiving God’s gift and grace We are so pampered in the present day that we seek for convenience in […]
Why God allows temptations
You are having a rough time… The deepest, the purest and most permanent benefit comes to the soul exactly at a time when man has nothing to rely […]