One man prayed in the church before the icon of Christ: “Lord, I want You to help me to have patience and not to be irritated!” The Lord said, “I will help you.”
That was happy — the question is solved. He goes home happy, and another parks in his parking lot — he begins to boil. Well, I found another place, I parked. Enters the house, and his wife cooked him the only dish he didn’t want — bamia pods! And then the son comes up to him and shows his marks, he got 8 (and his father waited for 20).
That almost went crazy! He goes back to church and says to Christ, “You and I may not understand each other.” You promised me you’d help me learn patience and not get annoyed! But yesterday… You promised one thing and you gave another. Jesus said, “But this was my answer to you.” How can you learn not to be annoyed if there are no events in your life that will teach you this? A car parked in your place, a child who brought bad grades from school, unwanted food, a difficult wife — life’s obstacles and difficult people around help us achieve what we call holiness, draw from us the «quality of our soul» — kindness, beauty, talents. How will they come to the surface differently? If you sit down on the couch and life flows on the sidelines, quietly and steadily? .
That was happy — the question is solved. He goes home happy, and another parks in his parking lot — he begins to boil. Well, I found another place, I parked. Enters the house, and his wife cooked him the only dish he didn’t want — bamia pods! And then the son comes up to him and shows his marks, he got 8 (and his father waited for 20).
That almost went crazy! He goes back to church and says to Christ, “You and I may not understand each other.” You promised me you’d help me learn patience and not get annoyed! But yesterday… You promised one thing and you gave another. Jesus said, “But this was my answer to you.” How can you learn not to be annoyed if there are no events in your life that will teach you this? A car parked in your place, a child who brought bad grades from school, unwanted food, a difficult wife — life’s obstacles and difficult people around help us achieve what we call holiness, draw from us the «quality of our soul» — kindness, beauty, talents. How will they come to the surface differently? If you sit down on the couch and life flows on the sidelines, quietly and steadily? .
. (Archimandrite Andrei Konanos).
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