From bdf84bf51dd4ec82a8a775d2fc5802e9dc0c7b45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wojtek Kosior <koszko@koszko.org>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 11:16:13 +0100
Subject: add a blog post "Gospel despite lack of enthusiasm"

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+{#
+SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+koszko.org website post (Gospel despite no enthusiasm, english).
+
+Copyright (C) 2022 Wojtek Kosior <koszko@koszko.org>
+#}
+
+{% extends "__koszko_base.html.jinja" %}
+
+{% block title %} Gospel despite no enthusiasm {% endblock %}
+
+{% block subheading_text %} Gospel despite lack of enthusiasm {% endblock %}
+
+{% block content %}
+  {% call section() %}
+    {{ italic('2022-11-27') }}
+    {% call para() %}
+      At the end of today's Lectio Divina I had one thought which — as I decided
+      — could be made into a post. Here it is.
+    {% endcall %}
+    {% call para() %}
+      One does not always feel God's Love.
+      Whoever you are, there happen moments when you are down in the dumps.
+      Sometimes there are even more such moments than there are the "good" ones.
+      And so sometimes, when I'd like to do more good in my life, take up some
+      ambitious initiative connected to praising the Creator (like street
+      evangelization which still feels strongly unnatural to me), the lack of
+      enthusiasm acts as a blocking factor.
+      Of course, it is possible to "force" oneself to do something.
+      But if I don't feel God's Love in a given moment, such external
+      initiatives that aim towards increasing His Glory will be artificial and
+      not very fruitful.
+    {% endcall %}
+    {% call para() %}
+      What can be done, then?
+      Of course, It'd be great to first and focus on the actual Love of God.
+      But besides this, I am starting to think it is perhaps possible to somehow
+      make use those negative feelings.
+      Such as discouragement.
+      And do it in some creative way.
+      What I mean is that when I feel discouraged, I shall not be able to tell
+      others with authentic enthusiasm about how great the God is.
+      But perhaps I could instead tell someone for example about my everyday's
+      decision to trust the God {{ bold('despite') }} the discouragement etc.?
+      And if this is authentic, it might turn out to also have no worse results
+      than those coming from equally authentic, direct talking about the God's
+      greatness.
+    {% endcall %}
+    {% call para() %}
+      It was this day that I started being a bit down in the dumps. How to make
+      it into an advantage?
+      I decided writing a blog post about it would be a reasonable way. And a
+      simple one, too — without the risk of leaving the work complete in half
+      and putting it aside for "some other time".
+      And I can also use this opportunity to improve the koszko.org site so that
+      addition of subsequent posts goes more efficiently.
+    {% endcall %}
+  {% endcall %}
+{% endblock %}
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