I've been thinking lately on what it means to be happy, but that type of happiness that can't fade away in troubled times like these, or in times of disappointment and suffering, and I've been meditating on these following verses :
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:3-10
There is nothing new under the sun, neither sickness, war, insecurity or wickedness and selfishness of people who bring suffering upon others. Nothing is new, and all these things are but the signs of life in a fallen world.
In the same way a disease is spreading around easily, so wickedness or love can do the same thing. It remains to choose between the two and what we want to spread around. Oh, I wish to be powerful enough to choose every day the things that bring happiness not only in my life but in the life of others... A constant prayer in my life has been (and it still is) to never let myself changed by the circumstances of life, the hard times or even the good times, to always have strong values and that kind of faith in God in the fact that He will make a way and it will be well somehow. I always wished to be strong enough to never let myself influenced or changed by the people around me. Of course, I'm not referring myself on that type of beneficial transformation that comes along with age and the stages of life that help us to evolve, I'm only referring to those kinds of choices we can make, that tear down innocence, faith and the strong values we have or considered we ever had.
I've read and reread this passage from Matthew which speaks about the way to eternal life, and also about the way to live our life on this earth, filled with joy, peace, protection and hope by faith in Jesus Christ.
The world we live in is a beautiful place, and it has been created to be like it for our personal joy and use. Life its a gift that cannot be taken back, but because it has been perverted by selfishness, wickedness, fear and carelessness, it has become what it is, a place where pain spreads easier than happiness and sickness more than the well-being.
When we wish for a change in the world, we must be conscious of the fact that the change we wish for begins with us in the first place. So, let us be the change we want in the world and not be conformed to the low standards that are around us at every step, but rise above them and have higher purposes and standards.
When we taste disappointment in our lives regarding the people we love or people from which we had great expectations and deceived us, or even if it's ourselves... our attitude has to be always 'love and forgiveness' because only in this way the world heals and we grow and heal too. Otherwise if we choose to act in the way people act when they bring pain we do nothing else than continuing to spread illness around us too. But, oh God, sometimes it is so hard to do that, so please, help me to have this strength in me to stop this pestilence of wickedness spreading around... by your love revealed to me every day, and give me the power to love without measure. In Jesus's name, amen.
The happiness I have IN Christ it's called HOPE, and the happiness I have THROUGH Christ is power and peace in all times, and this is exactly the definition of happiness, that one who never fades away.
Help me God to always search for this happiness and never be content with that kind of happiness that shines only on the outside...
Despre fericire
M-am tot gandit la fericire in ultima vreme, dar la acel tip de fericire care nu poate pieri niciodata, nici in vremuri tulburi ca acestea, nici in perioade de dezamagire, si am meditat la versetele urmatoare :
„Ferice de cei săraci în duh, căci a lor este Împărăţia cerurilor! Ferice de cei ce plâng, căci ei vor fi mângâiaţi! Ferice de cei blânzi, căci ei vor moșteni pământul! Ferice de cei flămânzi și însetaţi după neprihănire, căci ei vor fi săturaţi! Ferice de cei milostivi, căci ei vor avea parte de milă! Ferice de cei cu inima curată, căci ei vor vedea pe Dumnezeu! Ferice de cei împăciuitori, căci ei vor fi chemaţi fii ai lui Dumnezeu! Ferice de cei prigoniţi din pricina neprihănirii, căci a lor este Împărăţia cerurilor."
Matei 5:3-10
Nu este nimic nou sub soare, nici boala, nici razboiul, nici nesiguranta vietii, nici rautatea sau egoismul oamenilor, nici dezamagirea pe care o traim in anumite momente si care aduce multa suferinta in noi... nimic nu e nou, si cred ca toate acestea sunt parte a vietii traite pe pamantul acesta, pamant decazut din divinitate.
La fel cum o boala se raspandeste usor si se transmite unii la altii tot in acelasi fel se raspandeste ura sau dragostea. Ramane doar sa alegem intre cele doua, sa alegem ceea ce vrem sa raspandim in jurul nostru. Imi dorescsa fiu indeajuns de puternica in fiecare zi sa pot alege ceea ce duce la fericirea mea si a celor din jur pe termen lung... O rugaciune constanta in viata mea a fost mereu aceea de a nu ma lasa schimbata de vremuri grele, de circumstante, sau chiar de perioade in care imi v-a fi prea bine, si sa am mereu credinta ca o sa fie bine, ca El o sa gaseasca o cale sa fie bine cumva. Mi-am dorit mereu sa fiu puternica si sa nu ma las influentata si schimbata de oamenii din jurul meu. Desigur nu ma refer la cresterea si transformarea care trebuie sa aiba loc in viata noastra in mod constant in functie de perioadele prin care trecem si oamenii pe care ii intalnim, ci ma refer in special la tot ceea ce poate darama inocenta, credinta si valorile sanatoase pe care le avem, sau am considerat ca le-am avut vreodata.
Am citit si recitit pasajul de mai sus, si el vorbeste despre calea spre o viata binecuvantata fara de sfarsit, iar pentru trairea pe pamantul acesta este calea catre o viata plina de pace, bucurie, protectie si nadejde prin credinta in Hristos.
Lumea in care traim este un loc frumos, si asa a fost prevazut sa fie in inceputurile lui, iar viata este un dar vesnic ce nu poate fi luat inapoi, dar pentru ca ea este pervertita de molima rautatii, egoismului, a fricii si a nepasarii, ea devine ceea ce este, un loc in care durerea se raspandeste mai usor decat fericirea, si boala mai mult decat sanatatea.
Cand ne dorim o schimbare, trebuie sa constientizam ca schimbarea incepe cu noi in primul rand, si nu continuand sa traim conformandu-ne standardelor joase ce sunt mai pretutindeni in jurul nostru. Atunci cand gustam dezamagirea vis a vis de oamenii pe care ii iubim, sau chiar vis a vis de noi insine, atitudinea noastra trebuie sa fie mereu dragostea si iertarea caci doar in felul acesta se poate schimba lumea in care traim. Cand alegem sa actionam in modul in care oamenii actioneaza atunci cand aduc suferinta, nu facem altceva decat sa raspandim si noi boala la randul nostru... Nu e usor, dar te rog, Doamne, ajuta-ma Tu sa am aceasta putere in mine mereu, aceea putere de a impiedica molima rautatii sa se raspandeasca si prin mine. Dragostea Ta revarsa in mine ca sa pot iubi in orice vreme! Amin!
Fericirea pe care o am IN Hristos se numeste nadejde, si fericirea pe care o am PRIN Hristos este putere si pace in orice vreme si tocmai asta este fericirea adevarata, cea care nu piere ci se rasfrange in vesnicie.
Ajuta-ma Tu Doamne sa privesc mereu catre Tine, sa caut fericirea Ta vesnica si ajuta-ma sa nu ma multumesc niciodata cu acea fericire a caruia doar ambalajul straluceste... Amin