“All of us sin constantly. We slip and fall. In reality, we fall into traps set by the demons. The Holy Fathers and the saints always tell us ‘It is important to to get up immediately after a fall and to keep on walking toward God.’ Even if we fall a hundred times a day, it does not matter; we must get up and go walking toward God without looking back. What has happened has happened — it is in the past. Just keep on going, all the while asking for help from God.” - Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica
If I’m learning anything in these days of solitude and arduous, long drawn-out healing of my leg and knee, it is that “Our Thoughts [do] Determine Our Lives.” No matter where we are, or what we are doing, we are “constantly harvesting the fruit of our thoughts and desires.”
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God knows why He has put us in the position where we find ourselves; we will most certainly get the most out of it if and WHEN we learn to be humble. Therein lies the struggle.
This is why St. Isaac the Syrian says, “Preserve your inner peace at all costs, and do not trade it for anything in this world. ~
The Pelikans
