Dear Father,

Long before humans existed, the world was perfect, until one being demonstrated his ignorance by not knowing his place. The Scripture says, “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground. For thou saidst, ‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.’”

I think Lucifer admired You. Though there is an aspect of admiration we often do not discuss--excessive admiration--which manifests in two dangerous extremes: idolatry and envy. In manifesting the latter, he desired to be like You, unaware of how faulty his ambition was; or perhaps he knew, but simply did not care.

In his deceit, he told Eve, “For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods…” What exactly was his problem with being god’s? See how successfully he led humanity into an identity crisis--one we are yet to fully uncover in all its expressions: a man at thirty does not yet know his purpose; chased by demons, uncertain of what to do; another remains ignorant even at seventy, yet chases titles instead of truth--its a quiet dangerous spiral of confusion. The world has yet to recover. Father, we do not know who we are!

Yet You have not left us without answers--not to blindly chase ambitions, but to seek You. For in seeking You, we find ourselves.

Translations;
Slide 1: English
Slide 2: French
Slide 3: Bengali
Slide 4: Hindi
Slide 5: Urdu

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