Perfection is being the one God wants you to be

I read this interview*, well You will understand, this quote that did touch me. 

Would You like to comment on this?

I like this quote, My son.

Then we have tackled perfectionism right away, because that is a horrible human trait. Wanting to be perfect in one step, while man needs a thousand steps. It is unloving, unwise and pointless. And that seems contradictory. The perfect God wants you to be imperfect, namely just yourselves. Imperfect beings with shortcomings and faults, blind spots and weaknesses. Very good. If you are this and accept this, then God is a lot more confident about your happiness than if you don't want to be. And the pursuit of perfection is not bad in itself, holding up an ideal as a human being is a beautiful and inspiring guiding guideline for life. But it gets ugly when you confuse one step with a thousand or when you mistake one step too many or when you want to skip one step.

The pastor is blessed. 

My blessings to you all

*Interview in newspaper Trouw with Mariska van Beusichem, pastor

No 530

Taking pictures of things I find beautiful

My God, may I ask You?

I saw a video that moved me a lot. A female student interviews young people, telling them that she is recording something she finds beautiful. As she says this, the people she's filming start to shine. They become more beautiful, look happier, but above all, suddenly seem to radiate love and happiness. Well it looks like an Easter message of resurrection, but a humanistic one.

Would You like to comment on this?

My son, that's what I want.

The young people who are filmed are surprised because they suddenly hear that someone sees them, really looks at them, treats them with respect, likes them. She finds beautiful, while you see that they are insecure, or think they are ugly. It becomes clear that they are never seen in this way, that they are pleasantly surprised. Someone who sees them, someone who appreciates them, someone who likes them. And then the miracle happens. In fact, all of them start to shine with happiness because of the great attention they receive, and they literally light up.

In short, they get love and become more beautiful.

And that is exactly the attitude that God has towards you all. Even if you do the ugliest things, and even if you have become ugly by fate, by your attitude to life, or by your genes, God sees only beauty. For it is from love that God looks at you, and at everything you think, feel and do. And God continues to see you only in love, no matter what you do. 

Martin Scorsexy*, is blessed. 

My blessings to you all

*https://youtu.be/aW8BDgLpZkI (by the filming female student Martin Scorsexy)

No 529

God always reaches us in the end

God meets us where we are. Even if we have the smallest crack that opens the door to our hearts, God will find his entrance*

Would You like to say something about this? 

If that little crack isn't there, God knows it will come someday. Often already in this life, sometimes only in the spiritual world. Even in hell or for sure in hell, God is ready at the slightest crack. 

But what does that crack mean and how should you practically envision it?

Well, so: that crack is a question mark in consciousness, where man first lived in an exclamation mark.

An exclamation mark: man lives in conceit, trusts only in his own will, his own ideas, his own thinking. He knows exactly how the world works and one should not tell him anything about life and certainly not about God, who will probably not exist with that man either. 

A question mark: man is very confused, is at the end of his rope, sits with a huge struggle and despair and asks a question. Or prays by faith.

Examples are:

God, are You helping me?

I don't know what to do anymore, are You showing me the way?

The desperate lonely exclamation: help?

 

Of course, this is a charged and contrived dichotomy, but the principle is clear. God and the spiritual world respect free will to the hole. And even if a man walks in a thousand locks at once, if he does not experiences an ? in his consciousness, God cannot do anything. But fortunately, every road, even a seeming dead end, even if it is a dramatic and destructive detour, always leads to God. 

And then one more thing: if man lives in conceit, walks dead ends, and is totally lost in earthly terms, then it is not the case that the important law of God that man's free will is always respected is the only law. Then it would look quite hopeless to man. There are also other laws that can supplement or overrule this law or certainly do not subtly point out to man the great limitations of his free will. Like the law of love, or the law of justice, or the law of cause and effect. 

That is why man always comes good in the end, sooner or later, goodly or badly, consciously or unconsciously, involuntarily or voluntarily. 

Dawn Eden and Marcus Grodi are blessed.

My blessings to you all

*Interview You Tube Marcus Grodi and Dawn Eden 2012-11-12

No 528

God blesses soldiers of Ukraine ànd Russia

My God, I must ask You, even though the story is too absurd for words. I saw pictures in the newspaper of a Russian priest blessing soldiers going to war and the same week pictures of a Ukrainian priest blessing soldiers.  I know something is not right then, but You must help me understand all this.

My son, the whole story is true and both Russian and Ukrainian soldiers can be blessed, but the interpretation by man, who sees this and cannot rhyme, is not correct. How can Russian soldiers, blessed by God, fight with Ukrainian soldiers, blessed by God? And who then has God behind him? Let Me explain it to you. And by the blessing we mean both someone who asks for God's help and Its blessing on soldiers in a war as well as soldiers who pray for themselves. We summarize that briefly under God's blessing.

To get straight to the point. God's blessing is for everyone who asks for it, just as the sun shines on all soldiers and the rain moistens all soldiers. God's righteousness is for both sides, without distinction of person.  

Yet of course there is more to say about it, because God's blessing is worth a bit more than the sun or the rain. Let that be said. 

God stands behind every human being, and in another blog it has been described that the greatest criminals have the best guardian angels check .... https://watchthegod-english.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-guardian-angel-of-very-bad-person.html

This is why everyone gets God's blessing. But beware of the dog. Watch the God. God's blessing works out differently for everyone. We start from three hypothetical situations, where everything is very clear.

The soldier who fought the German army in World War II, the Vietnamese soldier who fought the poison bombing of the Americans in Vietnam, the soldier who fights against the Russians now in Ukraine gets the blessing. 

And this blessing strengthens him in battle, gives him courage when he needs it, protects him from fear and despondency, and contributes to his ultimate victory for the good cause regardless of whether he himself dies or is wounded or not.

"So far so good".

The soldier who causes a war in another country, like the Germans in World War II, the Americans who poisoned for many years with "Agent Orange" the poor defenceless people and nature in Vietnam and now the Russians in Ukraine, who bomb residential apartments and chase old people out of their houses, they also get the blessing. But that blessing works out differently. They too gain strength in despondency, energy to endure suffering and peace in their inner selves when they are desperate. Like rain cools everyone in drought and heat. But that's the personal, direct impact on them inside. And maybe they also seem just more powerful and successful than the other party.

But looks are deceiving. For the blessing of God works directly in increasing the failure in the end, in the failure of the evil pursuit, in destroying the evil causes of this war, in the demoralization of the whole people, the government, the turning of an apparently successful war into total destruction of the evildoers.  

Hitler committed suicide, his country was bombed, the women of Germany were raped en masse.

The Americans were forced on their knees, the politicians had to resign, the hawks in the country were humiliated, the war was lost, the reputation of the Americans was damaged forever and their image tarnished. 

And so it will be with the Russian people, their leader Putin and the unjust useless war they have started. Already the Russian people are suffering from the war, the young Russian soldiers are dying in droves and Putin can no longer show himself in the civilized world.

And what about soldiers who are in a war where both countries are guilty?

So where the distinction between good and evil is not that simple? Oh well, do I need to say more about it? If two peoples are at war, and they both stand for a just cause, is it not very quickly clear to the whole world that there are only losers and that this war is not going to lead to anything? Haven't there been other ways developed by mankind to fight a dispute? Mediators, consultative bodies, United Nations commissions, regional networks, mediating befriended countries. This should have been the case in Ukraine and Russia.

In countries that are at war, there are only losers.

Nevertheless, both countries are blessed. 

My blessings to you all

Nr. 527

What does your attention go to in life?

If we love what is noble, we become noble (Fulton Sheen)

My God, would You like to elaborate on this? I have understood from life, for what your attention goes, that becomes important in life. But this quote is very penetrating. 

Very penetrating, my son, and a promise to man.

But we need to take a few things apart.

What goal does man set himself?

And how consistent and driven in life does he keep that goal in mind?

Where your thoughts, your feelings, your heart go out, that's where energy is put in, that attracts man, that comes his way. And if man does not allow himself to be distracted, then it is inevitable that what he desires will be realized.  But in man, that can be any goal, including sex or power or money or more beautiful ideals such as art, mankind or God.

And this seems like an impossible task for man, to become noble. But the difference between a saint and an ordinary person is that the saint holds on to his ideal and does not, like the ordinary man, drop out, and does not allow himself to be distracted. And so a man becomes noble when he comes to love noble things, noble people, noble deeds. There is no other way.

If we love what is noble, we become noble

And how can it be, in another example, that a person strives for something all his life and never gets it and so his life seems to have failed? It's topic for another blog, but in short, it comes down to this. This man then pursues impossible things, impossible for him in this special life, by unsuitable talents, unsuitable character, unsuitable destiny or simply bad luck.

But if you really come to love noble things, to choose them, and to keep it up, then you can't help but become noble, also because God wants to achieve that in man. And then man has a very great power behind him. That, of course, makes the aspiration strong.   And a saint simply cherishes goals that are pleasing to God. For a saint never pursues anything that is contrary to the laws of God. And that is wise of a saint.  Fulton Sheen is blessed. 

My blessings to you all

No 526

Ukraine, will it remain a regional war?

May I ask You. Everyone certainly in Europe is shocked at what is happening in Ukraine. How afraid must the world be, My God?

In a previous blog I have already said that the conflicts in the world will remain regional because the world consciousness of mankind will no longer allow a world war (see blog https://watchthegod-english.blogspot.com/2014/09/jihadists-ukraine-and-ebola.html )

Nevertheless, this war will have major consequences.

Woe to the citizens of Ukraine who thought they could build their country in freedom and prosperity.

Woe to the dead who will fall because of this senseless war.

Woe to the beautiful cities of Ukraine that will be destroyed by senseless bombs.

Woe to the children of Ukraine who should not experience such violence in their youth.

Woe to the elderly of Ukraine who are becoming despondent and homeless for the umpteenth time.

Woe also to the mothers of the Russian soldiers who will mourn their dead sons.

But above all, woe also Putin, who by this act again goes too far in his career. His fall is thus continued. The Russian people will be awakened and come to understand that their initial saviour must be saved himself. Like many other dictators who only surround themselves with pumpjacks, such a person with too much power derails. Thus he will not be able to understand the price he has to pay in the spiritual world over his last years.

Woe also to the rest of the world who has wax on its head for many years, and for thirty years has left the Russian people to their fate and thereby helped to create this war.  

But rest assured, My son, everything remains regional. And know that the evil in her own germ has already started her spoilage. More good will come out of it than humanity can now imagine. God will take care of that. 

The Ukrainian people are blessed.

Nr. 525  

 

My blessings to you all

Even in trouble you are not left by God to your fate

When you are going through hard times and wonder where god is remember the teacher is always quiet during a test (Keanu Reeves)

My God, would You like to elaborate on this? 

It is certainly a great truth that man never, ever stands alone and is left to his own devices. You are loved and cherished day and night. 

So this quote seems nice and clear but it's not entirely correct.  

This presupposes, even though not really said in so many words, that all difficulties are a test imposed on man by God. And that's not the case. Something regularly happens to man that is not planned, not intended and certainly not imposed. But it is certainly true that God likes to see how man then holds himself up in these difficulties, because that testifies of the spiritual power of man.

And also this quote suggests that God keeps Itself calm, so then does nothing. And that too deserves a considerable nuance. God can never help but keep quiet. So God does not know an attitude of man-is-being-tested-and-God-looks-calm-at-it.    

But what is more important and that is the core of this blog: as soon as man gets into trouble, he is absolutely not alone then and  the spiritual world takes office immediately. I consciously use this verb. Then the spiritual world takes office immediately.

The guardian angel actively invokes the spiritual powers necessary to keep this person afloat or to provide tools. It also activates an acute network of auxiliaries that are necessary to support, help or protect the person himself in these difficulties from wrong reactions or actions. I mention, for example, the spirit of resilience, the spirit of inner peace, the spirit of clear thinking, the spirit of practical action and the spirit of thoughtfulness. But in addition, people are called in around this person in need who can help, think along, listen or advise. All the guardian angels of these people have long been activated and informed so that "their people" can respond adequately and lovingly. 

Keanu Reeves is blessed. 

My blessings to you all

No 524