The Sunday of the Cross (Lesson 29)
The week of the Cross comes to its end and I confess that I don't take my cross and fail to choose the right path. Abraham heard God's voice and acted in accordance with it, he bore his cross and it resulted in the fulfillment of all the wonderful blessings that he had received from God. Everyone is able to follow Abraham's example, including myself, and it's actually rather easy. First one should stop talking, running, worrying and take a second of complete silence, for it's only in silence that one is able to hear God's soft, gentle voice, which unlike roaring wind, earthquake and fire is His true manifestation, as it was once revealed to the prophet Elijah. A person bears his cross if being perfectly aware of his actions and listening carefully to concise messages of his conscience he does what he is supposed to do, forgetting all the good that he has done, humbly aspiring to perfection. The Cross of Christ is the invincible trophy and our small crosses in relation to the Cross become invincible as well. If we carry them, we are given strength and ourselves become invincible, pure, radiant, holy, almost almighty and truly deified. Woe to me, that I don't take my cross! But I don't lose hope, I should try it again!
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Thaddeus, thank you very much! Both for correcting and for bringing up the example attributed to Buddha. I felt that something was wrong with this "ourselves", but didn't know how to change it. =)
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It's nearly flawless. There is just one note about 'ourselves'. It would only be used in this case as emphasis alongside 'we' - "If we carry them, we are given strength and we ourselves become invincible..."
Also, here is an example attributed to Gautama Buddha, in which 'ourselves' is used to emphasize our personal responsibility:
"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path."
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The Sunday of the Cross (Lesson 29)
The week of the Cross comes to its end and I confess that I don't take my cross and fail to choose the right path. Abraham heard God's voice and acted in accordance with it, he bore his cross and it resulted in the fulfillment of all the wonderful blessings that he had received from God. Everyone is able to follow Abraham's example, including myself, and it's actually rather easy. First one should stop talking, running, worrying and take a second of complete silence, for it's only in silence that one is able to hear God's soft, gentle voice, which unlike roaring wind, earthquake and fire is His true manifestation, as it was once revealed to the prophet Elijah. A person bears his cross if being perfectly aware of his actions and listening carefully to concise messages of his conscience he does what he is supposed to do, forgetting all the good that he has done, humbly aspiring to perfection. The Cross of Christ is the invincible trophy and our small crosses in relation to the Cross become invincible as well. If we carry them, we are given strength and we (or 'we, ourselves') become invincible, pure, radiant, holy, almost almighty and truly deified. Woe to me, that I don't take my cross! But I don't lose hope, I should try it again!
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