most of those who actually read this blog know i grew up Catholic. I dont detest the church like i used to, but i cannot palate some of the stuff that "they" say either.
And today's list, the updated "thou shalt not" as yahoo referred to it, was actually thought provoking and insightful.
The list I especially like and wrote down to contemplate (I like to do that)
is the List of HOly Virtues:
-Chasity (okay too late, i've been married 12 years)
-Abstinence (turns out i gave up sex for Lent but that's a blog for another day)
-Temperance
-Diligence
-Patience (oh God i hate to even type that word)
-Kindness
-Humility
okay take a moment to let those words soak in. breath in. breath out. now, read it again.
its not like these things are impossible. that's what I like abotu this list. they ARE possible most likely not on our own accord. With God's help,
In the Methodist church, when someone joins the church or is baptized we read a prayer that I find meaningful, and it comes to mind while i read this list-
"With God's help, we will so order our lives, after the example of Christ...that this
Isn't that what it's about? With God's help, weWILL so order our lives. In ordering our lives, we have to practice patience with ourselves and others.
We have to show kindness to the person who cut us off in traffic,
We have to be temperant, not hostile.
The list kinda blends itself from one virtue to another- not a clear black/white set of boundaries of where one virtue begins and the other ends. Like humanity itself. We are all made in God's image.
anyway, wanted to share these ponderings.
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