I loved Him and I cannot imagine anyone else who can compare with Him. He is for me the only Lord and God.
I almost constantly carry pain in my heart, fearing
that I may lose His mercy because of the multitude of my resistances.
However, despite the struggle with Him, despite the
numerous attempts to deviate from His cross, I embrace the cross of Christ, and
in a way I lift up the cross that was given to me, my cross (see Matt. 19:24).
And I now bless my God who has pleased me to be reborn
through the flame of repentance.
(Archimandrite Sophrony (Sakharov) Let Us See God as
He Is, Holy Monastery of the Holy Forerunner, Essex, England, 2010, pp. 64-5)
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