Lucas Garden

Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else. Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. - 1 Thessalonians 5:15-18 These passages are not wishes but God's orders to rejoice, pray, and thank "in all circumstances". These are beautiful but made me pessimistic when I looked reality. Is it really feasible in our lives? Yes. I know many admirable figures with great personality who showed infinite humanity and dedication for missionary works. I realize that faith (or the Holy Spirit ) leads them to such a tough way for ordinary people to follow. I know they were faithful about God and innocent enough to repent all their sins and observe all God's commands. In contrast, I have not been so faithful in my life that I have thrown aside all decorum even for sinful actions while I confessed my faith by mouth. I desperately have mad...

We sometimes weigh productivity and ethics. Should I continue to keep a rule of community lowering efficiency seriously? The answer is YES. It is because I feel guilty conscience for violating a rule. For example, whenever I infringed a traffic rule due to urgent affairs, I was tormented by a guilty conscience although my action was not found. A renowned Athenian philosopher Socrates chose death pleading that "In no case would I act except in accordance with the law." He seemed to listen attentively and humbly to the low voice of conscience from inner Spirit. In the book " The Language of God ", Dr. Francis Collins mentioned, "the motivation to practice this kind of love exists within all of us despite our frequent efforts to ignore it." C.S. Lewis explained that it comes from the Moral Law as a "universal feature of human existence." Since The Moral Law definitely comes from God, it would be essential for improving my faith to repent all my p...