http://wecan.be/bereflective/1092/ The Beatitudes In Practice, with attitude : we can be the change Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:12:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://wecan.be/bereflective/1092/comment-page-1/#comment-9373 sanjitagnihotri Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:54:16 +0000 http://wecan.be/?p=1092#comment-9373 i am submitting a second comment on this reflection after sharing its contents with my brother.He said that he doesn't want to indulge in self-pity,but finds it 'happening' nevertheless as certain painful memories from his past continue to linger on in his mind after so many years.i realised that i am in a similar boat.It's not that I consciously will to 'dwell in self-pity',but that a certain measure of self-pity is associated intimately with lingering memories of a painful past!I talked also with my other brother.He said it's not exactly clear as to what 'self-pity' really is.Isn't self-pity,many times the same as Sorrow?And Jesus always wanted to share in others' sorrow-he never shut out the experience of Sorrow by mistakenly labelling it self-pity!Also,I would like to point out that I know of at least one famous saint of God-Mother teresa,who evidently never experienced the kind of love of god that Dave experienced after his devastating rejection.I distinctly remember that Mother Teresa's experience of being 'forsaken' by God was carried in the press about two years back.How she longed for an experience of restoration,which she was never rewarded with! i am submitting a second comment on this reflection after sharing its contents with my brother.He said that he doesn’t want to indulge in self-pity,but finds it ‘happening’ nevertheless as certain painful memories from his past continue to linger on in his mind after so many years.i realised that i am in a similar boat.It’s not that I consciously will to ‘dwell in self-pity’,but that a certain measure of self-pity is associated intimately with lingering memories of a painful past!I talked also with my other brother.He said it’s not exactly clear as to what ’self-pity’ really is.Isn’t self-pity,many times the same as Sorrow?And Jesus always wanted to share in others’ sorrow-he never shut out the experience of Sorrow by mistakenly labelling it self-pity!Also,I would like to point out that I know of at least one famous saint of God-Mother teresa,who evidently never experienced the kind of love of god that Dave experienced after his devastating rejection.I distinctly remember that Mother Teresa’s experience of being ‘forsaken’ by God was carried in the press about two years back.How she longed for an experience of restoration,which she was never rewarded with!

]]> http://wecan.be/bereflective/1092/comment-page-1/#comment-9372 sanjitagnihotri Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:37:22 +0000 http://wecan.be/?p=1092#comment-9372 i find this a moving piece of reflection.I was quite surprised that I could relate to it in a personal way.I found it a revelation that the Bible can pinpoint a story like Jeremiah's where God is shown to be different than God's people,who succeed in distorting his very character.Of course,I don't miss the fact that while jeremiah suffers in agony,God remains silent for a long time.But I am happy for both Jeremiah and Dave Andrews that they both eventually experienced a deep restoration.The writers mention that we need to turn away from the self-pity that is caused by repeated suffering.I too decide to 'repent' of my own self-pity,which was radically increasing of late.all in all,a beautiful reflection.Thanks. i find this a moving piece of reflection.I was quite surprised that I could relate to it in a personal way.I found it a revelation that the Bible can pinpoint a story like Jeremiah’s where God is shown to be different than God’s people,who succeed in distorting his very character.Of course,I don’t miss the fact that while jeremiah suffers in agony,God remains silent for a long time.But I am happy for both Jeremiah and Dave Andrews that they both eventually experienced a deep restoration.The writers mention that we need to turn away from the self-pity that is caused by repeated suffering.I too decide to ‘repent’ of my own self-pity,which was radically increasing of late.all in all,a beautiful reflection.Thanks.

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