A CHRISTIAN IS SIMILAR TO A BETROTHED MAIDEN
Saint Nikolai Velimirovic
As a betrothed maiden continually thinks about her betrothed, so does the Christian continually think about Christ. Even if the betrothed is far away beyond ten hills, it is all the same, the maiden behaves as though he is constantly there; by her and with her. She thinks about him, sings to him, talks about him, dreams about him and prepares gifts for him. In the same way a Christian behaves toward Christ. As the betrothed maiden knows that she first must leave and distance herself from the home where she was born in order to meet and totally unite with her betrothed, so the Christian knows that even he cannot totally unite with Christ until death separates him from the body, i.e., from the material home in which his soul, resided and grew from birth.
YOU MAY ASK YOURSELF
[Comment from having listened with heart to St. Nikolai above: Who doesn't know joy, love, peace, bliss, etc. at least on some level? But you may ask yourself am I content with these things being intermittent - one day up, one day down, one day full and another empty? And you may ask yourself, am I content with these things sourced in something that is here today and gone tomorrow - as are all material things - even the mind, the heart - even another human being? And you may ask yourself, is there no eternal joy, love, peace, bliss etc. independent of a material source?]
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