Let me whisper to you another piece of advice

[Mary Naeem]

By H.H. Pope Shenouda III

Let me whisper to you another piece of advice: Do not stay in your seclusion thinking yourself more powerful than the others and imagining great projects you would have carried out if only you had been given the authority or had been in the place of the others.. You are not so powerful, my brother.. These are only day dreams or perhaps vanity.. for you are in fact weak.. Perhaps if you had been in the place of those sinners whom you condemn, you would have sinned more than them and showed more weakness. If you have conquered in the past or conquer now, it is due to God's presence with you not due to your power. Keep with God then and know that God will not be pleased to be with you as long as you worship yourself instead of Him.