Japanese index page:
http://thepathoftruth.com/japanese/index.htm
“Acceptance” in Japanese:
http://thepathoftruth.com/japanese/teac ... anese.html
“Acceptance” in English:
http://thepathoftruth.com/teachings/acceptance.htm
My personal comment of the paper: While I was translating this paper, I had to ACCEPT several things, including a conflict I had with my parents, which was caused by me telling them where I stand, stand with the Lord and follow Him, not with my husband, my kids, or anybody else. While their reaction wasn’t easy to accept, the Lord granted me to do so with a help of reading this paper.
A quote from the paper:
“What is more difficult is to accept adverse, unwanted, unpleasant circumstances and stations in life apparently inferior to that of others. The Bible warns us against emulation, envy, jealousy, and covetousness. Pride is also a vice dragging us into comparing ourselves to one another, thereby causing strife and enmity. When we fail to accept ourselves in thankfulness for our circumstances, bitterness establishes itself and, slowly but surely, defiles and ultimately destroys us.”
I have been jealous of others, not accepting the circumstances I was in, and very proud. It indeed made me very bitter, not thankful, and …destroyed me.
It was a perfect timing for me to translate it. Maybe it is a perfect timing for some of you to re-read this paper again?
Thank You, Lord, for this paper, Your direction, and Your goodness to us.
Mariko