I think that today’s study is very helpful; because it opens us up to the idea that we can shut down our desires, our optimism for the future when we are in a state of despair; it’s an attempt to limit damage to ourselves – if ‘we expect nothing, and nothing happens – then, we [...]
I liked this bit from today’s study: “The writer Gabriel Marcel calls hope ‘the memory of the future’. It is the anticipation that since in the past, problems have been surmounted, so it will be again. We may be upset at the present time, but hope sustains us by holding out the promise of better [...]
Psalm 84 has been set by Selwyn for today’s reading and meditation. (New Living Translation) Psalm 84: “How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of Heaven’s Armies. I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the Lord. With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the [...]
Selwyn continues with his discussion on the emotion of despair. He says: ” … usually it takes a long time for a person to be brought to the point of despair. One emotion leads to another: abandonment to feelings of rejection, rejection to isolation, isolation to emptiness, and emptiness to despair.” I think it’s a good [...]
Today, Selwyn looks at another troublesome emotion – despair. He referrs to Pslam 88, a psalm which is considered to drip despair from each of its lines. Could be worthwhile dwelling on the words of this psalm; perhaps, you have been to the same ‘place’ as the writer of this psalm. (New Living Translation): “O Lord, [...]
Selwyn, spends another day – emphasising the fact that our lives are filled with a range of emotions; from agony to ecstasy, from despair to happiness, from severe illness to the enjoyment of a healthy life. Our Lord, knows exactly how we are feeling at any point in time; and He asks us to be [...]
Desire-less – not the way
I think the message contain in today’s study is very important – therefore, I’ll quote a fair bit of what Selwyn says (with a few minor edits), so that his context is maintained. He continues his discussion ‘on the point that an effect of despair is the flight from desire’. He goes on to write: [...]
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