Fenelon

[MostlyConfused]

“God does not expect us to imitate Jesus Christ; He expects us to allow the life of Jesus to be manifested in our mortal flesh.”
Oswald Chambers

 

[MostlyConfused]

Ah, I understand counting the cost now. I guess I grasped it very loosely or on a quite basic level but now I understand it by experience. He eventually puts a choice or two before you that is not bad or evil but is things that are good and acceptable. I went 20 years or more before I lived it. Counting the cost has not to do with choosing what’s good over what’s evil. That’s repentance. It has to do with giving up even what’s good and acceptable for what is better. I guess it’s okay to be a little sad for awhile if you have to about…good, albeit temporary, things that “might have been” - even though you made your choice and are committed and surrendered to it. I felt that angsty thing and now I’ve moved past it. I didn’t wallow in it but I allowed myself to feel it, that giving up of an acceptable thing, and another also, of a thing I was legitimately good at.

 

[Pathfinder789]

Let go (Kindle e-book)
- Fenelon
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A timeless Christian classic.

 

[MostlyConfused]

I have been able to find MANY things written by Fenelon for free in pdf. I was also able to find some books for a reasonable price. I would like a book of his collected works eventually. I know it can be more easily found in French but I don’t speak French!

 

[MostlyConfused]

Found this in an old journal. Don’t know where it came from but I like it and it’s true:
Healing requires exposure.
Freedom requires honesty.
Transformation requires surrender.

 

[MostlyConfused]

“If you were blind you would have no sin.”
I'm really puzzling over that.
I guess I see it as saying no man is held responsible for light he was not given….?

 

[MostlyConfused]

I am a loner. I do not get lonely for human company. I PREFER to be alone. I was always that way. It’s no use trying to figure out why or how much of it may have been from my rejected kitten upbringing.

I know God said it is not good for man to be alone but Paul also said it is better not to marry. I can’t say I have the balance on that. I only know I do not crave company but rather feel it’s something I must endure until I can politely extricate myself. I do not think I’m better than others, I just am not so good at chit chat because I have no desire for it and…I can only pretend that I am enjoying it.