Midterm Exam Essay: The Traditions’ Basis
The Contemplative, Holiness, and Charismatic Traditions all differentiate with one another. Though, they still also flow together to become one. For instance, The Contemplative Tradition is based upon the prayer-filled life while The Holiness Tradition is based more on the virtuous life. The Charismatic Tradition, though, is mostly about the spirit-empowered life, or the Holy Spirit living inside of you. Even so, all Traditions are important and should be a part of all our lives. The question is how to do so and why it would even matter in the first place. To be closer to God? To understand the spiritual life? To know what to do in any situation? Yes and no, but like anything, explanation are usually …show more content…
Their mindset was so focused that the people below thought that there was a fire.“In the meantime the people of Assisi were horrified to see in the distance St. Mary of the Angels and the entire forest around it enveloped in flames… The blaze they saw was “to symbolize the fire of divine love which was burning in the sould” of these simple servants of Christ” (Streams of Living Water, Chapter 4, page 101). Even so, I thought that this was mostly Contemporary for this reason. They were praying together, inviting the Holy Spirit to come and consume the time that they had together. After all, The Contemporary Tradition is based upon prayer. They understood that, which is why the power of God was so strong that it made those who weren’t with them believe that a fire had suddenly …show more content…
Though I long for a better relationship with Jesus, the distractions of life are abundant. The Contemplative Tradition is based on the prayer-filled life. As a young adult, I find it challenging to always keep my mind on God and prayer. To pray every night and morning as routine, is what I strive to do, but usually fail because I’m “too tired”. They’re excuses. I was basically raised pentecostal, or charismatic if you will, so that sort of intimacy was never much of a problem. The daily life of a college student is much tougher than anticipated, so to make it a habit is regrettably, and seemingly, like a chore. Still God is always supposed to be your first priority. Streams mentions making this Tradition routine in your daily life. “Always, with each and every one of these Traditions, we must answer the question of how to translate it into practice in everyday life. Here, then, we must ask how the contemplative way can’t be experienced as part of our daily routine”(Streams of Living Water, Chapter 2, page 56). Like all Christians though, I’ll continue to keep striving to obtain that relationship with Him. After all, Jesus did welcome all the sinners to eat with Him more than he did the “holier-than-thou”
The Contemplative, Holiness, and Charismatic Traditions all differentiate with one another. Though, they still also flow together to become one. For instance, The Contemplative Tradition is based upon the prayer-filled life while The Holiness Tradition is based more on the virtuous life. The Charismatic Tradition, though, is mostly about the spirit-empowered life, or the Holy Spirit living inside of you. Even so, all Traditions are important and should be a part of all our lives. The question is how to do so and why it would even matter in the first place. To be closer to God? To understand the spiritual life? To know what to do in any situation? Yes and no, but like anything, explanation are usually …show more content…
Their mindset was so focused that the people below thought that there was a fire.“In the meantime the people of Assisi were horrified to see in the distance St. Mary of the Angels and the entire forest around it enveloped in flames… The blaze they saw was “to symbolize the fire of divine love which was burning in the sould” of these simple servants of Christ” (Streams of Living Water, Chapter 4, page 101). Even so, I thought that this was mostly Contemporary for this reason. They were praying together, inviting the Holy Spirit to come and consume the time that they had together. After all, The Contemporary Tradition is based upon prayer. They understood that, which is why the power of God was so strong that it made those who weren’t with them believe that a fire had suddenly …show more content…
Though I long for a better relationship with Jesus, the distractions of life are abundant. The Contemplative Tradition is based on the prayer-filled life. As a young adult, I find it challenging to always keep my mind on God and prayer. To pray every night and morning as routine, is what I strive to do, but usually fail because I’m “too tired”. They’re excuses. I was basically raised pentecostal, or charismatic if you will, so that sort of intimacy was never much of a problem. The daily life of a college student is much tougher than anticipated, so to make it a habit is regrettably, and seemingly, like a chore. Still God is always supposed to be your first priority. Streams mentions making this Tradition routine in your daily life. “Always, with each and every one of these Traditions, we must answer the question of how to translate it into practice in everyday life. Here, then, we must ask how the contemplative way can’t be experienced as part of our daily routine”(Streams of Living Water, Chapter 2, page 56). Like all Christians though, I’ll continue to keep striving to obtain that relationship with Him. After all, Jesus did welcome all the sinners to eat with Him more than he did the “holier-than-thou”