Feelings of God's absence didn't plague only Mother Teresa.
A Christianity Today editorial | posted 10/31/2007 09:00AM
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Just an extra comment. Thanks to those willing to share that they, too, have faced this, or are facing it now. It would be wonderful to hear from anyone who has been through this and found God's presence again. It's awful to think this could be forever - if such is His will for whatever reason. For those in the midst of the darkness, there is a wonderful chapter on this is Richard' Foster's book, "Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home" called 'Prayer of the Forsaken'. I recommend it and am in prayer for all of you suffering in darkness.
Jeff Tan
Posted: November 06, 2007 6:43 PM
Tony Jordan, you wrote:
"She was known to have held dying 'Hindu's' and 'Muslims' in her arms, and said to them, '...believe in your god...' I ask, is this what a 'true' Christian, who knows JESUS as personal Saviour and Lord, DOES?"
1 Corinthians 13:8 - 13 tells us: "Love does not come to an end... In short, there are three things that last: faith, hope and love; and the greatest of these is love."
Blessed Mother Theresa's preaching has effectively been through action, not words. Hers was the charism to care for the sick, the dying, and the neglected. Perhaps she shuns arguments over religion, but preaches love and the Gospel by caring for those who need it. Perhaps she felt that it would be ineffective to hold a dying person, preaching the Gospel to them insistently and expect them, at that moment, to come to faith with their dying breath.
Perhaps she is the neighbor who, finding someone close to death on the road, comes to the victim's aid, regardless of his religon.