“You gain much for tomorrow by being spiritually down-to-earth today! Don’t expect to have wings and fly, but get your feet pulled out of the muck, being mindful of eternal joy, and thus you will develop healthy wings that will keep you soaring aloft. Let us be truly faithful and understand the importance and beauty of difficult days, and how precious today’s offenses and spitting will be one day! At least now I choose the best method: to keep silent and endure; I meditate seriously and conscientiously on the day of my life’s judgment.”
–Elder Arsenie Papacioc, 1914-2011
Eternity in the Moment: The Life and Wisdom of Elder Arsenie Papacioc
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“You gain much for tomorrow by being spiritually down-to-earth today!”
An encouraging thought!
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I’m very grateful for all the blogs God is giving me to read today. Thanks you for this, GJ x “The importance and beauty of difficult days…” (I’m also very grateful for all the erudite reading you do. You open doors I wouldn’t even have known existed)
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I’m taking this to church with me this morning, and hoping to keep it all day, each day from now on.
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I love this! What a good motivating thought!
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Wow!
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I love this word, Joy! Pastor talked today on the Joy we experience in corporate worship. During some difficult times these last weeks, I have been waking singing, “The Joy of the Lord is my Strength.”
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Those are wise words and so eloquently put!
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This resonates with an ongoing prayer of mine as of late…Lord, keep eternity in my heart and soul as I go about my days here on earth.
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This is such a beautiful thought. Have you seen YouTube videos with Father Arsenie Papacioc? He speaks beautifully. I’m copying here a link in which he speaks of suffering. May you be well, Gretchen, blessed lent! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANiI9-9hVoA
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