John lived in the wilderness, united with nature: that is paradise, that is the time of preparation, "until the day he must appear.
The child has a time where he can freely blend with nature, play, chase, keep quiet outside trying to strengthen his muscles, to master the environment: this meaning of "scouting".
The child has a time where he can freely blend with nature, play, chase, keep quiet outside trying to strengthen his muscles, to master the environment: this meaning of "scouting".
1. John is often depicted with Jesus, he is dressed in animal skins and Jesus is playing the cross. There is a wisdom in the game of the human child. Teresia and her sister played ascetic, they both wanted to run for the desert. Not only the early geniuses have shown a tendency. In the game the child can read its bias and talent: the child's game is a spontaneous "natural" devotion.
He describes his ideals, he describes his dreams, he plays the drama of his life he is looking for places and corners that he enjoys. There he himself with the environment, the market, the land, the water, the shade tree for shelter, the pets nearby, and the Lord is at his side.
Do not be forbidden to play, because it is the same as a bird that is forbidden to fly, a fish that is prohibited from swimming in the water. Birds can sing, beautiful to be interesting to humans, or just make a sound, either without meaning. But birds should not be asked why he sings. It's his life, his song and his growing power: he glorifies God. We think: children should go to school. But do not forget the nature of the child must be recognized: because it is the preparation of his life. The element of nature and the element of play will always follow the human, in order to live spontaneously and freshly. Are they not called children of God?
He describes his ideals, he describes his dreams, he plays the drama of his life he is looking for places and corners that he enjoys. There he himself with the environment, the market, the land, the water, the shade tree for shelter, the pets nearby, and the Lord is at his side.
Do not be forbidden to play, because it is the same as a bird that is forbidden to fly, a fish that is prohibited from swimming in the water. Birds can sing, beautiful to be interesting to humans, or just make a sound, either without meaning. But birds should not be asked why he sings. It's his life, his song and his growing power: he glorifies God. We think: children should go to school. But do not forget the nature of the child must be recognized: because it is the preparation of his life. The element of nature and the element of play will always follow the human, in order to live spontaneously and freshly. Are they not called children of God?
2. There are children who play holy-holy. If it is spontaneity, seeing, imitating because of its impulse, it is inspiration, then it need not be prevented. In the child, the holy and profane realms are united, indistinguishable. Has not John been sanctified since the mother's womb? And Paul says that God has chosen him from the mother's womb, and to Jeremiah the Lord has made His call; before you come out from the womb, I have sanctified you, I have made you a prophet of the nations (Jeremiah 1: 5). If a child is interested in being a soldier by the look of a uniform, wanting to be a pilot for admiring the driver of an airplane: why should not he be amazed by the Church's uniform, and want more than he sees in his parents?
Misdinar altar boys are children who play in holy places, such as Samuel who since childhood had taken his mother to the temple. Samuel was a servant before God; he is still a child, whose body is wrapped in an ephod of linen (1 Sam 2:18) God loves to play with the children. Did He not disciple the disciples who are unable to let the children come unto Him: let the children come unto me, do not prevent them, for men like him are the kingdom of God (Mark 10:14). Parents can nostalgia, he in this case may learn from his children.
Misdinar altar boys are children who play in holy places, such as Samuel who since childhood had taken his mother to the temple. Samuel was a servant before God; he is still a child, whose body is wrapped in an ephod of linen (1 Sam 2:18) God loves to play with the children. Did He not disciple the disciples who are unable to let the children come unto Him: let the children come unto me, do not prevent them, for men like him are the kingdom of God (Mark 10:14). Parents can nostalgia, he in this case may learn from his children.
3. The role of nature in life. Also in Indonesia we have acted cruelly towards nature, so nature demanded retaliation. As forests are burned, logged, hills cleared, nature rebelled. Arising erosion, flooding, flooding fields and villages. We do not learn to be friends with nature like the saint Francis, who is still told and dreamed as a friend of the forest, mountains and birds, can tame the wolf, call the sun brother and the moon ayunya; he is respectful to the earth and water, to fire and to sickness and death. He understands nature and respectfully uses it; he put love in nature so he can sing and dance in the middle of it.
In this modern age, we are pursuing nature that begins to disappear, we learn to meditate, contemplate about nature, which is getting away. Yet at the beginning God made the world for humans to be king in it.
People also learn again to use their bodies, to breathe regularly, flexing them flexibly and playing their fingers: hands, feet, neck and head are set in dance and prayer. The beauty of the human body is rediscovered to serve God, to serve the art of honoring the Most High, the Great Artist.
God speaks with the body as a clay vessel. He describes the Self as the Potter, who forms a vessel for different purposes (Jer 18: 1-12). God invites us close to the land, our mother, to the realm as father, to the full, perfect formation.
In this modern age, we are pursuing nature that begins to disappear, we learn to meditate, contemplate about nature, which is getting away. Yet at the beginning God made the world for humans to be king in it.
People also learn again to use their bodies, to breathe regularly, flexing them flexibly and playing their fingers: hands, feet, neck and head are set in dance and prayer. The beauty of the human body is rediscovered to serve God, to serve the art of honoring the Most High, the Great Artist.
God speaks with the body as a clay vessel. He describes the Self as the Potter, who forms a vessel for different purposes (Jer 18: 1-12). God invites us close to the land, our mother, to the realm as father, to the full, perfect formation.
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