25 November 2019
On Repentance
To repent is not to look downwards at my own shortcomings,
but upwards at God’s love, it is not to look backwards with
self-reproach but forward with trustfulness, it is to see not
what I have failed to be, but what by the grace of Christ I might
yet become.
On Repentance
To repent is not to look downwards at my own shortcomings,
but upwards at God’s love, it is not to look backwards with
self-reproach but forward with trustfulness, it is to see not
what I have failed to be, but what by the grace of Christ I might
yet become.
St. John Climacus
No comments:
Post a Comment