Beautifully put. I would call wonder and trust, rather than gratitude alone, the emotional core of Christian faith. Gratitude recognizes life as gift. Trust receives that gift even when life does not feel gracious.
Gratitude is so contrary to the way of the world. It may begin as and exercise, but then becomes a habit and then becomes a way of life. Every morning soon after waking, I say out loud, “ Thank you creator for the gift of this day.”
I wouldn't say "Everything is grace," but I get the sentiment. It’s not hard to think of a moment when all gets dark and something happens that you just cannot endorse as a gift. Yet I get the push to include more and to think about when you’re choosing not to.
Being thankful in (most) things requires and produces a certain posture/relation to the Other that does change everything.
100 % ,,,, gratitude is at the core of Communion, of Worship, and of the gospel response. Along with trust and wonder / awe /fear it powers the Christian life and is pre requisite for sanctification and a loving attitude to God, damily and neighbour / community.
I really enjoyed this but I do wonder: If everything is Grace the questions about suffering and the problem of evil become all the more pointed and poignant. Evil as grace is tough to accept. How did Bulgakov resolve this tension?
Beautifully put. I would call wonder and trust, rather than gratitude alone, the emotional core of Christian faith. Gratitude recognizes life as gift. Trust receives that gift even when life does not feel gracious.
One of the greatest things I learned in church as a child is that the language of faith is, “Thank you.”
Gratitude is so contrary to the way of the world. It may begin as and exercise, but then becomes a habit and then becomes a way of life. Every morning soon after waking, I say out loud, “ Thank you creator for the gift of this day.”
"A way of being in the world". That should be something that describes all Christians, not just how we spend Sunday morning.
I wouldn't say "Everything is grace," but I get the sentiment. It’s not hard to think of a moment when all gets dark and something happens that you just cannot endorse as a gift. Yet I get the push to include more and to think about when you’re choosing not to.
Being thankful in (most) things requires and produces a certain posture/relation to the Other that does change everything.
100 % ,,,, gratitude is at the core of Communion, of Worship, and of the gospel response. Along with trust and wonder / awe /fear it powers the Christian life and is pre requisite for sanctification and a loving attitude to God, damily and neighbour / community.
I really enjoyed this but I do wonder: If everything is Grace the questions about suffering and the problem of evil become all the more pointed and poignant. Evil as grace is tough to accept. How did Bulgakov resolve this tension?