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Preach.
I have been immersing myself in Augustine's "City of God" for the last 6 or 7 months. I've also been trying to read a number of the other church fathers. I said to my wife yesterday - "they were so much wiser than we are!" We are such a superficial culture. Truly chaff that the wind blows away. I often think of what Pascal said: "All of humanity's problems, stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.β Or Luke 5:16 "But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed." We are such easy prey for Satan. You are so spot on brother. Thank you. Since I've already demonstrated I have no original ideas (are none worthy of articulating) let me finish with G.K. Chesterton: "The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried."
I wrote in my journal last week: "I've been entertaining some very negative things lately: anger, envy, shame, despair, fear, etc."
Preach.
I have been immersing myself in Augustine's "City of God" for the last 6 or 7 months. I've also been trying to read a number of the other church fathers. I said to my wife yesterday - "they were so much wiser than we are!" We are such a superficial culture. Truly chaff that the wind blows away. I often think of what Pascal said: "All of humanity's problems, stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.β Or Luke 5:16 "But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed." We are such easy prey for Satan. You are so spot on brother. Thank you. Since I've already demonstrated I have no original ideas (are none worthy of articulating) let me finish with G.K. Chesterton: "The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried."
Keep going!