You should become a monk instead.

>>25657646 It's actually my plan B in case she will break up for whatever reason. Already trying to live as an asket more and more.

I take the other side of that bet

>protestant <church Ach Bernd

>>25657656 If God wills it. >>25657659 Sorry, I don't get it.

>>25657651 First: Strive for neither wealth nor prestige! Second: Fight all sinful and selfish urges within you! Thirdly: Accept all the ailments in life without grumbling! Fourth: Cultivate friendship with Jesus! And fifth: Read spiritual books often!

>>25657668 Yes, thanks for the support brother. Did you accept Jesus Christ as your lord and saviour as well?

>>25657673 Yes, but it's a constant struggle to be close to him.

>>25657677 I know, the devil is strong and his temptations can be strong. It's about constant improvement and spiritual development. But even if you sin, don't let the devil trick you into thinking that you are a bad Christian and not even try to confess and do penance.

>>25657667 Go to the legit Church (aka Orthodox Church) There is no Apostolic succession in Protestant church (not legit)

>>25657685 The realization that God is all around us and especially inside of us makes me steadfast. https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/wackenro/herzens/chap023.html

>>25657688 We believe in apostolic succession through calling by God and the holy spirit.

>>25657637 >How does it make you feel that Bernd will have 10-15 blonde, blue-eyed German children? I shall be proud of you, brother. Don't mess this up like a Bernd. How do these families manage all those children in their everyday life?

>>25657691 You are right, we only need to open our eyes for all the beauty this world has to offer. It's ignorant to think something so pleasant as a perfect painting or composition is the work of humans alone.

These interconfessional quarrels are so retarded. It doesn't matter, whether you are Protestant, Catholic or Orthodox. As long as you love Jesus with all your heart, you'll be fine.

>>25657718 When I open the window and hear the birds, I am sure: they are praising God as they are his children. When I see the trees swaying in the wind, I am sure: they are praising God as well. This world is beautiful, because it is illuminated by the light of God.

>>25657716 Thank you brother, she is God's gift and this is how I treat her. Effectively it's quite chaotic, going to the zoo or a museum takes three days usually since they can't ever go with all of them at once. Also quite expensive to finance, her father brings home good money though. The older siblings have to take care about the younger ones. Hope gf will grow into her role but now she is only 18 years old and I can tell that she has to learn a lot.

>>25657721 More or less agree with you, it's not Christian to judge one another while we worship the same book. >>25657727 The moment when the sun goes up in the alps.. you can truly see God's face. Didn't know KC has so many Christians, it must be the must unholy place on the internet.

>>25657737 A long time I was dissatisfied with my life, thought there is no purpose and everything is shit, but through art I felt the light shining within me. At first I didn't know what it was, but slowly I understood, understood that there is a soul, an all-encompassing force, that this world is not a bleak and empty place, but one of warmth and love. Now I can't live without the Godhead.

>>25657737 We maxed out nihilism and found god staring at us from the abyss.

There's a nice passage in one of Hesse's books called "Klein und Wagner" that describes the experience of knowing God perfectly, I think:

>>25657783 take your meds, god complex schizo

>>25657799 >2025 AD >believing in meds

>>25657810 well you believe in god, and meds are basically just god in physical form, so clearly you should enjoy taking them

>>25657637 I feel envy.

>>25657844 Maybe you should go to church then? Don't worry, everyone there will be faking it as much as you are, and really, it's no more fake than any other way of dating, so just enjoy the LARP, or don't.

It makes me feel happy that a Bernd brother in Christ has a marriage vocation, I can only send my blessings to you and your family.