The abbot of Darvari explains the lesson of St. Siluan: Do not believe about God what your own state of mind saystranslated

St. Siluan the Athonite was also honored on Thursday at the Darvari Monastery in Bucharest, where the abbot of the monastic establishment, Protos. Arsenie Irimiea, explained the lesson that the saint gives us: "Don't believe about God what your own state of mind says."

"St. Cuv. Siluan the Athonite did not translate God through his emotional state. Beloved believers, this is an act of great courage," emphasized the father abbot.

"At no time during those 15 years of deep hopelessness, of deep despair, did God ever say to Siluan: Go away from me. And that was the engine of his hope."

Let's not trust our own feelings "Beloved believers, I think that in these days it would be good to be a little unfeeling - that is, to trust the word of God more than your feeling," continued the proto-Single father.

Often, our state of discouragement is given by our own interpretations of God's work, interpretations that are not correct, therefore, it is good "not to believe about God what your own state of mind says, on a certain night", emphasized the father abbot.

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