Devotional for friends // Devocional para as amigas

I read this passage from our book of devotionals two days ago. It is a book with passages of C. S. Lewis’s books. The book  The Screwtape letters  is about a demon boss writes to his student. The letter is the demon boss teaching his student what to do to take the new Christian off the right path. What kind of temptations and thoughts should be offered to his patient (as he is called). I liked this book because we can see how easy target we can become when we are not taking seriously the Word of God. How the thoughts and temptations appear to us and why. How we should behave with our superiors or even our parents. In this environment the student facilitate some fights for silly things, which is reality most of out fights and arguments with parents and people in general are all about, silly things. Anyway, it you have the opportunity to read this book, do not let it pass. Take it.   Finding Balance   Screwtape offers ways to cleverly exploit the Patient’s dry spell: B...

Being good   “Even the best Christian that ever lived is not acting on his own steam – he is only nourishing or protecting a life he could never have acquired by his own efforts. And that has practical consequences. As long the natural life is in your body, it will do a lot towards repairing that body. Cut it, and up to a point, it will heal, as a deal body would not. A live body is not one that never gets hurt but one that can, to some extent, repair itself. In the same way a Christian is not a man who never goes wrong, but a man who is enable to repent and pick himself up and begin over again after each stumble – because the Christ-life is inside him, repairing him all the time, enabling him to repeat (in some degree) the kind of voluntary death which Christ Himself carried out. That is why the Christian is in a different position from other people who are trying to be good. They hope, by being good, to please God if there is one; or – if they think there is not – at least they h...

I  have a problem. Sorry, I meant I have many problems, but one in particular bothers me the most. I bet you have the same issue. What is it? Judgments. I am very judgmental person. But you wouldn’t say that I am. I am also a very good at not telling others about my conclusions after my evaluation. I keep to myself. But I know I should not be doing it in the first place.  Well… once I am here, I am going to confess. I judge when people say that they are one way, and everybody should accept that. I judge when this same person claims to be a Christian because I disagree profoundly with this. When you recognize that you have a problem. A moral problem. You should at least try to fix it. Otherwise, you will pass like a hypocrite. We all have flaws, moral flaws. But I don’t think that we all should be satisfied with them and live like it is ok.  A long time ago, I realized how judgmental I was. I prayed. I am still praying to get better. But I can tell you that I have improved...