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pia†desideria
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Date Joined Jun 2001
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| Posted 12/7/2001 5:30 AM (GMT -6) |   | Emil, the slate has been wiped clean. It is every second of every day. Don’t be a Calvinist, be a Lutheran.
Luther has this little saying, simul justus et paccator—simultaneously saint and sinner. It’s kind of an already, not yet deal. But sin does not have the power to undo the good news that sin has been conquered on the cross for you. My favorite Lutheran says “Human sin does not sway the decisiveness and scope of God’s love” (Paul Sponheim, Pulse of Creation).
I had to memorize Luther’s Small Catechism, and it rocked my world. “Remember your baptism” was beaten into my brain. Here’s why: “It means that our sinful self, with all its evil deeds and desires, should be drowned through daily repentance; and that day after day a new self should arise to live with God in righteousness and purity forever.”
Dying to sin is a daily death, and living to God is life abundant. From one sinner to another, Saint pia
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Semeia
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| Posted 12/7/2001 7:00 AM (GMT -6) | | Well said, Pia. I second that.
Emil or Wislawa-- Come back. I have been in a place of despair before--for many years of my life--when it looked like nothing could ever be different from the flat black expanse around me at that time. I never could have imagined at that time how beautiful life could be again. God's gift to us of renewal and forgiveness allows us every day to imagine something different. And slowly, over time, something different emerges.
I don't think I understand what you were trying to say on your other post, but I do recognize the language of despair, and I will send my prayers your way if that means anything to you.
With hope,
Semeia
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