Saint Nektarios: Anything you don’t απελπίζει! None of it matters!

Read below the amazing, illuminated words of St. Nektarios!…
The purpose of our life is to become perfect and holy. To become children of God and heirs of the kingdom of heaven. Let us beware lest, for the sake of this life, deprive ourselves of the future, maybe, from the material cares and concerns, neglect the purpose of our life.
Fasting, vigil and prayer alone do not bring the desired results, because these are not the purpose of our life, are the means to achieve the purpose. Decorate the candles with your virtues.
Strive to expel the passions of the soul. Clean your heart from any dirt and keep the pure, to come and dwell in your the Lord to fill you with the Holy Spirit with the divine donations. My children dear, your whole occupation and care them to be. This is the purpose and desire of your unstoppable. For them to pray to God. To seek daily the Lord, but in your heart, and not out of this. And when you find Him, stand with fear and trembling, like the Cherubim and Seraphim, because your heart became a throne of God. But to find the Lord, humble yourselves till the soil, because the Lord βδελύσσεται the proud, while he loves and visits the humble in heart.
If you are fighting the fight good, God will strengthen. In the race we identify the weaknesses, shortcomings and our flaws. It is the mirror of our spiritual situation. Anyone who is not fought, has not experienced himself. Watch and the are still small offences. If you happen from the carelessness of some sin, do not lose heart, but get up quickly and προσπέστε to God, who has the power to restore it. Within us we have weaknesses and passions and flaws, deep-rooted, many of them are hereditary. All of these are not cut with a backlash, not with the impatience and the heavy sorrow, but with patience and perseverance, with perseverance, with care and attention. Excessive sadness hides inside of the pride. This is why it is harmful and dangerous, and many times exacerbated by the devil, to stem the course of the agonist.
The road that leads to perfection is long. Wish to God to grow stronger. Experience with patient falls and, after quickly stand up, run well and don’t just stand there, like children, in the place where you fell, sobbing and wailing inconsolably. Watch ye and pray, not to enter into temptation. Don’t despair, if you fall sequel to old sins. Many of these are by their nature strong and by custom. Over time, however, and the custody they are beaten. Anything you don’t απελπίζει.
From the series of booklets “THE VOICE OF the FATHERS” of the Holy Monastery of the Paraclete Oropos, Attica.
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