Comments on: “… and injustice hath lied to itself.” http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/2009/01/16/and-injustice-hath-lied-to-itself/ St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, McKinney TX journal. Homilies, scripture commentary, spiritual reflections. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:06:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: seraphimholland http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/2009/01/16/and-injustice-hath-lied-to-itself/comment-page-1/#comment-1558 seraphimholland Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:45:16 +0000 http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/?p=617#comment-1558 From: Natalia Arzhantseva <nat_arzhants...@mail.ru> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:19:28 +0300 Thank you, Father! This is the essence. I think, our lies torture us, even more than they torture neighbours. Yes, we lie differently: either deliberately, or unconsciously, or we may be convinced that we are right, that we say correct things or do correct things. Especially when we put forward our judgment of any person or event. And we fail. And bring harm to ourselves & others, make grave mistakes, being guided by our totally wrong (but to us at those moments - absolutely correct) versions & visions. It always happens when we lay many hopes on our corrupt mind, not on God. I experienced this, and I admit that it is true. And we lie as well when we don't want things even in their plain layout, because we do not want them to be as they are, we prefer them to correspond to our preferences & wishes! We prefer to put rose-colored glasses...Especially we prefer to see ourselves through them! Also, things are not as they seem. And we, of course, being small, cannot be objective & true. I thought that this tremendous gap between the real truth & the way we understand remains as great as there is a tremendous difference between God's Will & our will... Thank you for opening for me the meaning of these words in the Psalm! Blessings, Natalia This comment is posted with permission from The St Nicholas email list: http://groups.google.com/group/saint-nicholas-orthodox-church From: Natalia Arzhantseva
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:19:28 +0300
Thank you, Father!

This is the essence. I think, our lies torture us, even more than they torture neighbours. Yes, we lie differently: either deliberately, or unconsciously, or we may be convinced that we are right, that we say correct things or do correct things. Especially when we put forward our judgment of any person or event. And we fail. And bring harm to ourselves & others, make grave mistakes, being guided by our totally wrong (but to us at those moments - absolutely correct) versions & visions. It always happens when we lay many hopes on our corrupt mind, not on God. I experienced this, and I admit that it is true. And we lie as well when we don’t want things even in their plain layout, because we do not want them to be as they are, we prefer them to correspond to our preferences & wishes! We prefer to put rose-colored glasses…Especially we prefer to see ourselves through them! Also, things are not as they seem. And we, of course, being small, cannot be objective & true.

I thought that this tremendous gap between the real truth & the way we understand remains as great as there is a tremendous difference between God’s Will & our will…

Thank you for opening for me the meaning of these words in the Psalm!

Blessings,

Natalia
This comment is posted with permission from The St Nicholas email list: http://groups.google.com/group/saint-nicholas-orthodox-church

]]> By: seraphimholland http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/2009/01/16/and-injustice-hath-lied-to-itself/comment-page-1/#comment-1557 seraphimholland Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:44:33 +0000 http://orthodox.net/redeemingthetime/?p=617#comment-1557 From: debrafr...@wildblue.net Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:33:30 -0800 (PST) Apart from His Vision, I cannot help but lie about anything and everything that I 'see'. I am worse off than a blind man. At least all that a blind man 'sees' is darkness. This makes him very aware of his limitations and handicap. He moves around slowly and carefully, looking for someone to help him, to guide him and tell him where things are. Like the blind man, I too cannot see reality, cannot see 'What Is'. But unlike the blind man I have a world of false images and reality in front of me, deceiving and distracting me. We view the world through perception, not through actual sight. I think I see things that aren't really there and I trip over things that are there that I do not see. No wonder I am often in so much pain. I go to reach for something that I expect to be there and it is not. I move carelessly forward, trip over Reality and fall. So if you ask me what I 'see' (or if I ask myself what I 'see') all that you will get will be lies---because, apart from God, the Truth is not in us. "For we walk by faith, not by sight." 2 Corinthians 5:7 This comment is posted with permission from The St Nicholas email list: http://groups.google.com/group/saint-nicholas-orthodox-church From: debrafr…@wildblue.net
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:33:30 -0800 (PST)

Apart from His Vision, I cannot help but lie about anything and
everything that I ’see’. I am worse off than a blind man. At least
all that a blind man ’sees’ is darkness. This makes him very aware of
his limitations and handicap. He moves around slowly and carefully,
looking for someone to help him, to guide him and tell him where
things are.

Like the blind man, I too cannot see reality, cannot see ‘What Is’.
But unlike the blind man I have a world of false images and reality in
front of me, deceiving and distracting me. We view the world through
perception, not through actual sight. I think I see things that aren’t
really there and I trip over things that are there that I do not see.
No wonder I am often in so much pain. I go to reach for something
that I expect to be there and it is not. I move carelessly forward,
trip over Reality and fall.

So if you ask me what I ’see’ (or if I ask myself what I ’see’) all
that you will get will be lies—because, apart from God, the Truth is
not in us.

“For we walk by faith, not by sight.” 2 Corinthians 5:7
This comment is posted with permission from The St Nicholas email list: http://groups.google.com/group/saint-nicholas-orthodox-church

]]>