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The good Fight ...
Monday, May 8, 2017. Life is full of challenges. How do you react to the challenges of life? There are various possibilities - and depending on character and experience different people have their own strategy.
Strategy under Challenge …
Some people try to guarantee their own well-being by trying to gain as much as possible in terms of money and wealth. Our social environment puts a lot of appreciation to weath or money. So trying to earn as much as possible is one of the possible strategies we can pursue.
Other people try to acquire a different type of wealth. It is about fame or social appreciation. It can be scientific results, or books, or articles, or citations, or other types of political wealth. It is just human to collect into your barns of whatever type these are! This is how we are.
But we are warned by the apostles that this brings some dangers for our humanity. We are called to be fully human, as Christ has realized it. That means we should be full of faith and trust, we have an eternal father - our creator. We are called to a community with him through the holy spirit and through all what Jesus did for us. Let us listen to the words of the apostle Paul:
Faith and Gentleness …
11 But as for you, O man of God, flee these things ... more texts