“If a man has no worries about himself at all for the sake of love toward God and the working of good deeds, knowing that God is taking care of him, this is a true and wise hope. But if a man takes care of his own business and turns to God in prayer only when misfortunes come upon him which are beyond his power, and then he begins to hope in God, such a hope is vain and false. A true hope seeks only the Kingdom of God... the heart can have no peace until it obtains such a hope. This hope pacifies the heart and produces joy within it.” IfsMenInspirationalHeartCareChristianJoyTurnsReligiousPrayerWorryKnowingWiseProduceSakeDeedsTake CareKingdomsVainOrthodoxMisfortunesGood DeedsKingdom Of GodOwn BusinessNo WorriesTurn To GodJoy WithinHope In God Author:Seraphim of Sarov
“If suffer some misfortune, then think: "The Lord sees my heart, and if it pleases Him, it will be well both for me and and others." And thus your soul will always be at peace. But is someone murmurs, "This is bad, and that is bad," then he will never have peace in his soul, even though he fasts and prays a lot.” IfsThinkingInspirationalWellsHeartSoulChristianSufferingReligiousLordPrayingMy HeartPleaseYour SoulOrthodoxMisfortunes Author:Silouan the Athonite
“A man of discernment, meditating on the healing Divine Providence, bears with thanksgiving the misfortunes that come to him. He sees their causes in his own sins, and not in anyone else. But a mindless man, when he sins and receives the punishment for it, considers the cause of his misfortune to be God, or people, not understanding God's care for him.” PeopleMenInspirationalCareChristianCausesUnderstandingReligiousSinHealingDivineBearsPunishmentOrthodoxMisfortunesProvidenceDiscernmentMeditatingMindlessDivine ProvidenceUnderstanding God Author:Maximus the Confessor