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Jer 13,9Jer 13,9
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9 Thus says Yahweh, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
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Jer 13,1-27Jer 13,1-27
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1 Thus says Yahweh to me, Go, and buy you a linen belt, and put it on your waist, and don’t put it in water.
2 So I bought a belt according to the word of Yahweh, and put it on my waist.
3 The word of Yahweh came to me the second time, saying,
4 Take the belt that you have bought, which is on your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock.
5 So I went, and hid it by the Euphrates, as Yahweh commanded me.
6 It happened after many days, that Yahweh said to me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take the belt from there, which I commanded you to hide there.
7 Then I went to the Euphrates, and dug, and took the belt from the place where I had hid it; and, behold, the belt was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
8 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
9 Thus says Yahweh, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
10 This evil people, who refuse to hear my words, who walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this belt, which is profitable for nothing.
11 For as the belt cleaves to the waist of a man, so have I caused to cleave to me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, says Yahweh; that they may be to me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
12 Therefore you shall speak to them this word: Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall tell you, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?
13 Then shall you tell them, Thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings who sit on David’s throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
14 I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, says Yahweh: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have compassion, that I should not destroy them.
15 Hear you, and give ear; don’t be proud; for Yahweh has spoken.
16 Give glory to Yahweh your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
17 But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for your pride; and my eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Yahweh’s flock is taken captive.
18 Say you to the king and to the queen-mother, Humble yourselves, sit down; for your headdresses are come down, even the crown of your glory.
19 The cities of the South are shut up, and there is none to open them: Judah is carried away captive, all of it; it is wholly carried away captive.
20 Lift up your eyes, and see those who come from the north: where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock?
21 What will you say, when he shall set over you as head those whom you have yourself taught to be friends to you? shall not sorrows take hold of you, as of a woman in travail?
22 If you say in your heart, Why are these things come on me? for the greatness of your iniquity are your skirts uncovered, and your heels suffer violence.
23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.
24 Therefore will I scatter them, as the stubble that passes away, by the wind of the wilderness.
25 This is your lot, the portion measured to you from me, says Yahweh; because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
26 Therefore will I also uncover your skirts on your face, and your shame shall appear.
27 I have seen your abominations, even your adulteries, and your neighing, the lewdness of your prostitution, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, Jerusalem! you will not be made clean; how long shall it yet be?
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Dekle popisuje, kako ji je prav trpljenje pomagalo do vere:
“Sem 23-letno dekle. Bila sem vzgojena krščansko, vendar sem kasneje vero zanemarila. Od časa do časa sem sicer še šla k maši, a le bolj iz navade kot pa iz prepričanja. Pred kratkim sem se razšla s čudovitim fantom, bil je veren, razumevajoč, zelo dober, nesebičen do vsakega, skratka idealen. Po njegovem odhodu je v meni nastal grozen občutek praznine, vse se mi je zdelo brez pomena, sploh ker sem se zavedala, da sem sama kriva.
Kako je to hudo, ve le tisti, ki je kaj takega doživel. Bila sem zelo potrta, v hudi depresiji, da sem morala iskati zdravniško pomoč.
V tej hudi duševni stiski sem začela spet redno zahajati v cerkev. Spet sem našla izgubljeno vero. Najprej sem šla na Brezje. V začetku nisem mogla moliti, samo jokala sem ter se pogovarjala z Marijo, a vendar sem čutila neko srečo, razumevanje. Ne da se popisati občutkov, ki so me prevzemali, ko sem klečala pred Marijinim oltarjem in zrla v njen obraz. Toliko zaupanja sem dobila vanjo. Domov sem šla potolažena, z novo voljo ter močjo do življenja. Po sedmih letih sem z velikim strahom spet stopila v spovednico. Ne veste, kako srečna sem bila, ker me spovednik ni obsojal, ampak me je razumel.”
Bog zlo in trpljenje dopušča, ker hoče z njim doseči nekaj dobrega.
Človek se more v boju z zlom in trpljenjem utrditi v dobrem. Mnoge prav trpljenje duhovno poglobi. Bolečina je kakor kiparski mojster, ki s trdimi udarci izkleše iz neobdelane marmornate gmote čudovito lep kip – človeško osebnost. Velike osebnosti so zorele v dolgih in trdih urah, mesecih in celo letih trpljenja. Sv.Maximiljan Kolbe, mučenec ljubezni do bližnjega, je dejal: 
“Zunanje in notranje težave prihajajo zato, da nas posvete.”
Pogosto je trpljenje, ki je združeno s smrtjo dragega človeka, klic k spreobrnjenju in k poglobljeni veri v Boga. Tak primer je francoski zdravnik in pisatelj Henri Gheon, ki je s 15-tim letom izgubil vero. Čeprav je s tem zelo prizadel svojo verno mater, je vse življenje ohranil veliko ljubezen do nje. Ko je mati umrla, je bil to zanj strašen udarec. V hudi bolečini je kričal k Bogu, ki ga ni priznaval: “O Bog, tebe ni, tebe ne more biti, ker si mi vzel mater. ” Ta pridiga smrti je Henrija pretresla, a ostal je ateist.
Po izbruhu prve svetovne vojne je bil poklican v vojsko. Zelo se je spoprijateljil z nekim zelo plemenitim in globoko vernim oficirjem. Ta prijatelj je padel. Smrt ga je zelo prizadela. Pisatelju Gidu je pisal: “Ali sem molil zanj? Skoraj bi verjel, da sem. V razpoloženju, kakršen sem bil, sem bil sposoben moliti, ne da bi veroval: verovati za druge, ne zase.”
Žena padlega prijatelja je Henriju pisala “Peter moli za vas. Tja, kamor moramo priti, naj nas stane, kar hoče, tja vas z močnim glasom kliče Bog, z glasom vašega notranjega nemira vas kliče. In Peter je še vedno vaš prijatelj, zdaj bolj kot kdajkoli.”
Henri je ob nemi pridigi obeh smrti – matere in prijatelja – zopet začel verovati in moliti.
Leta 1915 je opravil dobro spoved in prejel sv.obhajilo. Zelo se je poglobil v svojo vero. Začel je pisati verske igre, ki so jih igrali po mnogih deželah.
Božji Sin je postal eden od nas, nam podoben v vsem, tudi v trpljenju, razen v grehu. S svojim trpljenjem in smrtjo na križu je sprejel nase vse naše zlo in trpljenje, čeprav osebno ni imel nobenega greha. S tem nas je tega zla, greha in trpljenja, v korenini odrešil. Tako nas v vseh prepadih našega zla in trpljenja popolnoma razume in nam hoče pomagati, da bi se zavestno in svobodno vključili v njegovo trpljenje in smrt ter bi po tej poti prišli skupaj s poveličanim Kristusom tudi do njegovega vstajenja.
Trpljenje ima veliko odrešenjsko vrednost. Je sredstvo za odreševanje sveta, sredstvo za graditev novih nebes in nove zemlje.
Z vero, upanjem in ljubeznijo prežet pogled na Križanega lahko potolaži vsakega trpina
: “Nimamo namreč velikega duhovnika, ki ne bi mogel sočustvovati z našimi slabostmi, marveč takega, ki je kakor mi preizkušan v vsem, vendar brez greha.”
Heb 4,15Heb 4,15
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15 For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.
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Jezus je trpljenje prostovoljno vzel nase, da nas je z njim odrešil. V njem je moral videti veliko vrednost, sicer ga ne bi sprejel.
Nedolžen je trpel za vse ljudi vseh časov, da je v trpljenjuju vseh ljudi vseh časov odvzel nesmisel in mu dal smisel. Vera zato trpljenja ne odpravlja, pač pa mu daje smisel. Brez Kristusa, ki visi in umira na križu, bi bilo naše trpljenje res nerazrešljiva uganka. Če pa svoje še tako veliko trpljenje povežemo z Njegovim, izgubi svojo izzivalno moč proti Bogu.
Najboljši način za združevanje našega trpljenja in trpljenja vsega človeštva s Kristusovim trpljenjem je dejavno sodelovanje pri mašni daritvi. Pri njej se na skrivnostni način PONAVZOČUJE njegovo trpljenje in vstajenje. Svoje trpljenje združujemo z Njegovim in ga skupaj z Njim darujemo nebeškemu Očetu.
p.Anton Nadrah – iz knjižice Posvečevanje življenja