Faith Rise Grace

(idea) by mirko Mon Apr 11 2005 at 15:57:57
On April 1, 2005, a venerable old man was leaving us. Before he had died, I remember crying because I could not bear the fact that the media were virtually burying him before he had gone. I then prayed.
2 days later, on that Sunday, I got up and heard he was resting in peace. The whole world was paying him hommage. I especially remember this quote from a Parisian Rabbi: "The Jews' Pope is dead". I then cried of joy for my prayers had been heard and John Paul II would never die in our hearts. I had reached grace because I had felt sincere compassion.

Faith -> Rise -> Grace

This equation came to me as an evidence and would become the very base of my reborn spirituality:

  • Faith is the fact you accept to be loved by a supreme forgiving being. That you discover yourself a purpose which is to sincerely try and follow a guideline even though you're just free not to. The faithful will act according to his conscience and rely on prayers to grow his discernment. He will also learn to be indulgent with the others for we all are humans and thus should accept other errors and forgive them as Jesus did. The faithful shall also make an oath in order to offer something to God in exchange for his spiritual help.
  • Rise is what happens when your spirituality grows and you live in harmony with God's Word.
  • Grace is the consequence of Rise. It's better than an orgasm, it's better than drugs, it's suddenly realising how closer to God one has gotten. For the most fervent, Grace is worth being a martyr as the crueler they'll be, the more forgiving they will be.

Faith brings Rise which brings Grace which brings more Faith...

Ethics have a sense and, when practised with discernment, Faith is not just a bunch of bad habits but indeed a way to raise one's spirituality in order to achieve the quest for happiness.

Faith indeed grows much better when it is shared by acting as an inspiration to the others as God inspires whoever looks for Him. The more people share their faith, the more they spiritually grow, the more grace they obtain.

There's a lot of love in the world but there's also a lot of frustration, wasted love, resentment lack of courage. All these values need to be shared to improve. Everyone need to help his fellows with their burden so that theirs will suddenly feel lighter.

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