In this truth, I have taken refuge: that you lose nothing by putting your faith in Him. How could you? He is what makes value possible in the first place. Take away God, and you have taken away the very possibility of meaning, value, and purpose. How could a blind reality ever ground these?Therefore, if the alternative is meaninglessness, why would you stay in the void and not seek Him sincerely? Even if the truth was that there was no God, you have lost nothing, because there was never anything to lose to begin with. But if He indeed is there, He will remember every day you spent serving Him, and you will tear up out of the joy that not one of them was in vain.
Humility is the key to the kingdom. Even now, if you had no humility and your heart was full of pride, what reason would you have to listen to a word that I say? Why would you when you think that you already know everything? Now tell me, how could someone like this ever learn? How could they grow? How could such a person acquire wisdom?As long as they remain in their pride, it is impossible for them. And even when the world humbles them and opens the gates of humility, they will not enter. Instead, they begin to look for someone to blame.Let us praise God and be glad that not even one of them can enter, not because He refuses to let them in, but because they do not have the key. They trusted in their own wisdom and despised the One who is faithful and true.It is they about whom it is written: "The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks and make your home on the heights, you who say to yourself, 'Who can bring me down to the ground?' Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down."When He comes, He will cut down the tree that breeds pride, and all those who say, "Where is their god?" will wither away in their shame.Do not be like them. For this is what the Father desires: that you enter through the gates and turn to Him sincerely. Remember what He told you: "The greatest among you will be your servant."Though the world looks down upon you, in that day, you will look down upon them. Where you sought love, they sought hatred; where they sought falsehood, you sought the truth; where you sought compassion, they sought condemnation; where they sought revenge, you sought mercy. As they fall down at your feet, they will know that God loves you.Know that whatever it is that you have done, it is forgiven. Turn from your ways and seek Him sincerely. If you desire to come to know Him, you must know His Son, for anyone who has seen the Son has seen the Father.
>>43183052generating prose like this is much easier than actually helpingusually when they do so, it is across the sovereign surface area of consent
whatever they have done is perfectly cromulent as eviscerating identity and then negotiating the results isn't your right or truthand there aren't any receipts that Christianity isn't going to be full of the same fighting telling you to go to therapyrather, let gratitude remove its jewelry and enter the kitchen
