Reflection and The Faith-Life

To find in the Reflection that which is real

Reflection and the Faith-Life. The beginning of Martin Moller's Preface is a bold and scholarly condemnation of the life without the Holy Ghost, a life without Jesus Christ. He uses the wisdom and perceptions of the Romans to elucidate what kind of death will be faced without the Faith-Life in Jesus Christ as one of hopelessness and fear. Fear is all that is without God, but fear with no hope is horrific. Just as Solomon does in the Book of Proverbs, Moller contrasts The Way of the Wicked with The Way of the Righteous. It is a raucous beginning, filled with percussion and dissonance.

Then with gentleness the drums subside and the strings pick up a lovely melody, he summarizes succinctly The Way to Life as, “The faithful, penitent Christian person. . .knows the LORD his creator; and he rejoices in having found faith in God; he makes use of all gifts of God with gratitude; he praises God who has created everything so well and wisely; he keeps in mind day and night that he too may come to his God and live with him forever.” 

 All things that make for a successful and well-lived Faith-Life, Martin Moller has collected so well for the reader. Martin Moller's concern that The Believer has confidence in the final hours is evident throughout The Work, therefore, he urges, “contemplate in all urgency and diligence the most significant difference between a believing and penitent human's life and departure.” Reflection.   Faith-Life.  Live Deep.  Consider well. Be caught into The Mystery in such a way as though you stare long at The Reflection.  Something hidden, yet mysteriously Beautiful.  Find Him there.

my thanks to Dianna Joan Hueneburg for the lovely picture of Dunnegan Park, Bolivar MO.