The soul wanders and gets cold.
The heart is cold when the thoughts are scattered and when the soul is not at home but wanders about. When the soul is at home, it warms the heart. As soon as it leaves its home it receives blows. It receives blows from thoughts when it is away from home. One thought is accepted, another is rejected…and of course the heart is torn asunder and it grows cold, as though saying, "This does me no good and that does me no good either…” All of this wounds one from the inside and the heart is burdened. But when the soul comes home, when it is reconciled with the Lord, then the Lord is the center of one’s life and there is a feeling of goodness and warmth. We are scattered and broken, and only the Lord can make us whole again by His Grace.
-- Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica
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5 comments:
Very profound thoughts.
What a sweet and warm these words were written from...thank you for sharing his light.
and even then, it's a battle.
Very beautiful. This resonates with me. I think even after becoming a Christian, sometimes the soul feels lost and the heart is cold in confusion.
The boys and I were reading te story of Samson last night, and I was so struck by the line that says that, as well as his strength leaving him post haircut, the Lord left Him. We could all feel the desolation of that. Maybe it's the same when our souls are scattered. I'm having a hibernation day to clear the house. I'll be trying to clear the soul as well x
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