It is satan who drives souls to the point of hopelessness and depression- it is this despicable creature who drives men to lose faith and kill themselves.
Brothers and sisters, let us not give way to satan’s words of self-destruction. Please. Let us not befall on our selves the most abominable sin of all- of desiring to take one’s life- regarding it as his own even when he knows very well that he has not and cannot effect life on himself. Life is the Breath of God in us- Life is therefore God’s and not ours.
Let us all work to help our families, our neighbors, the people around us to renew their faith and hope in God- only He can lead us from this darkness we are in now to His Own Light.
NEVER LOSE HOPE NO MATTER HOW HARD IT HURTS OR HOW YOU CANNOT BEAR IT ANYMORE. OUR GOD IS NOT A GOD OF EASY-LIVING, CONVENIENCE, FAME, EARTHLY GLORY AND FREE FROM TEMPTATIONS.
OUR GOD WAS TEMPTED, OUR GOD WORKED AS A CARPENTER, OUR GOD ENDURED INSULTS AND BLASPHEMIES, OUR GOD WAS REBUKED BY HIS OWN PEOPLE, AND DURING HIS GREATEST SUFFERING, HE WAS LEFT ALONE BY HIS FRIENDS. OUR GOD WAS MORE THAN BETRAYED. OUR GOD WAS SOLD. HE WAS TRIED IN COURT. HE WAS ACCUSED WRONGLY AND WAS PUT TO DEATH UNJUSTLY. HIS BACK WAS SCOURGED. HIS HEAD WAS PIERCED WITH SHARP THORNS. AND EVEN THEN PEOPLE DID NOT STOP, HE WAS EVEN MADE TO CARRY A CROSS- THE CROSS OF OUR SINS- IT WAS OUR SINS NOT HIS, YET HE WAS THE ONE MADE TO CARRY IT, LIMPING, FALLING DOWN AND BLEEDING HE CARRIED OUR CROSS. OUR GOD WAS CRUCIFIED- yet He did not deserve ANY of it.
And yet He said, “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
And do you know how He died? Our God did not die because He cannot take it anymore- HE DIED BECAUSE HIS BLOOD WAS DRAINED FROM HIS BODY. His flesh was drained of His Most Precious Blood through which He deigned to cleanse and purify those who nailed Him to the Cross.
NEVER LOSE HOPE. When you feel that nobody can understand or comprehend what you’re going through- Our God can. He bled for you, died for you. Unworthy as you are. If you think about what have you done for God in all the years you were here on earth- who’s unjust now? What have you done for God? From the moment you were born, every morning, He gave you the dawn, the sun, the birds, the breeze; He gave you smiles, laughters, tears- only you were afraid to use them. But you see, these are just consolations. What God deigned to give you fully and lovingly is Himself. He gave you Himself. Have you given Him anything, yet?
Do not lose faith, our “God is close to the broken-hearted, He saves those whose spirit is crushed.”
If you need proof, just like his disciple Thomas, ask our Lord. Jesus will lovingly show you His scars to prove His love for you.
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“The other gods were strong, but Thou wast weak;
They rode, but Thou didst stumble to a throne;
But to our wounds only God’s wounds can speak,
And not a god has wounds, but Thou alone. “
-Jesus of the Scars, Edward Shillito
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