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======Hope is Needed ...======
Wednesday, July 2, 2014. Humans are very human. That has positive and negative
aspects. We are what we are, with our limitations, with our skills. With all
what we can do, and all what we cannot do.
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**Understanding ...**
One important point is to understand each other. How is it possible that we
manage to understand what we think, what we feel, what drives us. Our hopes and
dreams, our fears and the dark parts within us?
I have been reading a Christian character scheme recently, called "the enneagramm".
This scheme has already helped me 20 years ago, when I started to be an elder
in the church. It helped me to understand why and how some of our members act
and what guides them. It helped me to understand myself in a better way, my own
reactions, my own fears ...
We need a deeper understanding. We need to bridge the gaps which are there
between us, the grand canyons which seperate us from each other as humans. Of
course, there are those with whom we get along well. But there are also all the
others, who are different and have their different internal way to deal with things.
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**Ethics and more ...**
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It is not only about ethics! Of course, we make decisions, and humans can hurt
each other. Humans can make wrong decisions. The bible clearly tells us what is
good and what is not - God gives us a clear compass. But living together and
working together means more, in the Christian environment as well as in a worldly
environment. It needs hope - and it can only lead to real hope if understanding
and cooperation grows.
How can we reach this? One thing is that we need to gain understanding. And then,
we need to act. We need to do what helps, not what destroys. There are two steps,
strongly connected. Understand ... and do what is good.
I have made my decision, again, that I want to give it a try. I will try today,
and tomorrow, and not stop easily. Hope and understanding are things to fight
for. And I will hope that God helps us, with his spirit, and with his limitless
possibilities, which are far beyond everything we could do.
(Roland Potthast)
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