So, If I were you,I would expect to be tried since you seem to elevating yourself as if your faith is greater than someone like Mother Teresa who reached out to love the worst of human suffering
That is a crude, ugly and pathetic statement to make. A kind of threat. Shame on you. Those who caution others about speculative trials should look to their own darkened hearts.
My works are certainly less than Mother Teresa's lifetime of charity, but from all indications my faith in Christ is indeed greater than hers was for the last 50 years of her life because, according to her own words, she had none.
Nada. Zip.
No, it was no kind of any of that. It was a caution, that those who judge others eternal destination based on the reaction to unbelievable trials should be very wary that Heaven does not call on them to show how it should be done.
I am certain that those judging Mother Teresa's faith invite, by their arrogance, a chance to show how they can keep their faith in such trials.
I think it’s lamentable that anyone who professes to be a follower of Jesus Christ should be comparing themselves with another person who was also a Christian and especially to say “my faith in Christ is indeed greater than hers.”
In fact, I think this whole dismal discussion which has devolved into the defamation of Mother Teresa is disgraceful.
It is like James and John overheard by Jesus, disputing over who would be on the right hand of Jesus and who at His left; they were rebuked by Jesus for that and asked if they were willing to accept the same “cup” that the Lord would face.
So, If I were you,I would expect to be tried since you seem to elevating yourself as if your faith is greater than someone like Mother Teresa who reached out to love the worst of human suffering
DR E-That is a crude, ugly and pathetic statement to make. A kind of threat. Shame on you. Those who caution others about speculative trials should look to their own darkened hearts.
It's not a threat,Dr E,and Trials are gifts through my experience.Furthermore ,if you don't have trials you're most likely not living a Christian life.If you are to imitate Christ you are going to have trials
From Blessed Therese Of Avila
""Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world. Here below nothing can satisfy us. One cannot enjoy a moment's rest save in constant readiness to do the will of God.""
""It is so sweet to serve our Lord in the night of trial; we have only this life to practice the virtue of faith. ""
You may have yourself convinced of your superior holiness, and you may even have a few other Kool-aid drinkers fooled as well, but I'm not buying into it and I'm dead certain that the Jedi Mind Trick isn't going to work on God either.