Live life ONE HOLY MOMENT at a time!
I think that we should accept and explore the notion that --in our lives, the acts of living a life full of little moments of Holiness, will in fact be what will change the world and make it a better place. I think this to be true simply because those that we read about and learn about who are Doctors and Pillars of Christianity and Catholicism, --in fact already changed the world ONCE!
Think about it, the world in which the early Christians lived in was FAR more brutal and full of aggression than the world we find today. But regardless of this position, they managed to transform the world, and they provided us with a set of “blueprints” of how they did it—a map of sorts that every generation should look towards to change the world in their timeframe.
It might be hard to acknowledge, but the world—and its ultimate salvation—is determined from the ordinary faith filled Christ† believer that ca be found on any given street. It could be YOU, and it could be me…. Whoever it is, the salvation and ultimate survival of Christianity is based on the ability of that ordinary person doing extraordinary acts which include collaboration and communication with God to engage and create those HOLY MOMENTS that allow for change in the world.
A quote I read the other day stated:
WHENEVER and WHEREVER Christians have taken the idea that holiness is possible seriously, Christians have THRIVED! Whenever and wherever Christianity has prevailed and everyday holiness has been set aside, Christianity has fumbled along clumsily with limited impact or become stagnant.
Can you imagine what the world could be like, and what we could accomplish in the world if EVERY CHRISTIAN of all ages were to believe that holiness IS possible? I think that we would see a massive TIDAL wave of people living in a world that God initially sought for us. Now it is true that Christianity has had a few “bad apples”; but remember an “Apple” started it all and gave us Christ† and the ability to take part of salvation through HIM! These bad apples have created a cloud of uncertainty around the message of Christ†. People had fallen into the trap and accepted the false messages as being what Christianity was meant to be about. In short, they think that the time of Christ†, and the Christian message is a thing of the past—that we are engaged in a “NEW WORLD.”
I DO NOT believe that Christ† or the presence of Christianity is a thing of the past. I believe that through participating in small acts of Holiness and the practice of God’s message that the Love of Christ† will spread throughout the world and be practice Joyfully by all those that seek to live a life-- God centered and full of Christ.