[Sheelldaw]

Vasilis originally posted:-

>> Just remember the old saying has much truth, "...the road to hell is paved with good intentions". <<

If I might interject, I must respectly disagree with this. Personally, I can see no truth in this at all. Intentions are aspirations, and good aspirations purify the heart. This is the essence of the Jesus Prayer. There is more truth in the saying that "the road to hell is paved with *evil* intentions," in my humble opinion:-

1 - "Charity ... hopeth all things." - 1 Corinthians 13:4,7

2 - "And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure." - 1 John 3:3

3 - "For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?" - Romans 8:24

Godly hope gives rise to that "single-minded" intention (aspiration) that lifts the mind continually to God in unceasing prayer.

(Message edited by theophilus on 25 May, 2005)