3.Treffen on 23/02/2008 "trust" is so the theme of the group session on Saturday, 23 February 2008.
The aim of the hour that we talk about the different attributes of God, and report our experience with him.
The hour begins with a meditative reflection, followed by a prayer.
"God,
somewhere inside I feel your presence,
as restlessness that drives me on, mostly.
The question that can not sleep for me.
sometimes as a small fortune.
As joy and peace in the evening by candlelight. Perhaps you've
to do with the friendship between two people.
With the little courage for the new step in the day.
With the smile of a man who means me.
God, I ask only this:
Remain in me as a restlessness that makes creative.
And as his strength, with my weakness. And as
goal in my way.
Amen. "
Before we" trust "talk, we learn through two games as the confidence" to the touch.
The first game we form a tight circle. One after another, each is in the middle, closes his eyes and can be confidently fall backwards into the arms of a company ends.
The second game will be one Firmand in a prepared blanket fall, which is held tightly on both sides of the same number of people.
The result of the confidence test is positive. Everyone feels comfortable and confident that we catch him. Quite the contrary
some fear, that it would disappoint the "falling man" because they are not able to hold him.
The games are fun and confirm to us - "We can rely on each other."
Then we read a story on the topic. It is about a tightrope walker who wants a bold move audiences in a wheelbarrow over the rope. No one familiar to him and his skill. Only a little boy logs and can be free from fear of the man pushed over the rope. When asked if he had no fear, he replied calmly,
"No, it's my father, who pushed me over the rope."
This story makes us all think.
- trust, where is it?
- Who do we trust?
- Why do we trust?
It quickly became clear that we have dealt with these issues before.
hold a poster we laid our plans to do so.
- The trust must be innate.
- Everyone has a basic trust.
- The trust is initially infinite.
- It is nurtured by loving parents and cared for. History confirms this familiar
The boy's father blindly. And who we trust?
course, our parents, friends, good friends and relatives, some pastors and teachers and also to God.
Why we really trust anyone?
- Without trust we can not survive.
- The helpless newborn is dependent on the help of parents
. They trusted in his life.
- children can not appreciate or recognize hazards.
you trust the advice and assistance of adults.
you trust them on their well-being.
- adults and can not know everything. You ask
people they trust with the execution of tasks
and work. They trust in themselves and their money.
- Trust creates trust.
- trust creates warmth and comfort.
- trust causes security.
- Confidence makes you happy!
But what if the trust is disappointed?
If I have had bad experiences?
Can I still trust it?
These questions are difficult to answer for us. We have to think twice. No one can remember a breach of trust. Probably this is due to the good home and environment.
After a big disappointment compared to the rest of us were not so trusting. Of trust can be very quickly mistrust.
question - "What happens if you can not trust anyone anymore, even
your parents?"
- "too" Then I would only fear. " before God "
-" Can faith in God help us then "
-" Can we trust God always and in every situation "
? We do not know much to say. We lack the experience, because we are still very young and certainly "well protected".
Thus we start with a new game. Here, we feel our way in the truest sense of the term approaches the various attributes of God.
lie in the middle of the table, hidden under a cloth, symbols that refer to God. Everyone feels for a part and thought about what might have to do with God.
- a flower 
- a stone
- a cross
- a rosary
- a heart
- a slice of bread
- a pocket mirror
- a candle
Our interpretation of the symbols, with respect to the subject:
flower: God is the creator of the world . He has made wonderful
nature. In this beautiful environment, we should
feel comfortable.
Stein: God is like a rock in the surf. We can always
relied upon.
stones that we have the heart to be taken from us by
confession.
Cross: God is dead even for us to redeem us.
Before we pray to God, we make a cross sign.
Rosary If you have a concern, pray the rosary.
is praying the Rosary as meditate - to calm down.
heart: God is love, which never leaves us alone. God is
loyalty and God, he holds us. (Chorus of a song)
God always thinks of me.
I believe in God and I pray to God.
someone, one loves doing, one no harm.
God is always there for us.
slice of bread: in the host is God everywhere.
God strengthens not only our bodies but also our
soul.
We are children of God and he cares about us.
Pocket If we look in the mirror, we see actually
mirrors God. For he who created us in his image.
If we're anything like it, he can always understand us
.
candle: baptismal candle, communion candle
Jesus is the light. He will accompany us on our life to
God.
is lit on special occasions such as
for celebration, thanksgiving, prayer and supplication. Finally, we pray
:
"God - how should I call you
father!
no, not always father
mother!
sounds just as respectable
Lord!
that would have been missing
My shepherd!
yes am I a sheep?
Blessed!
Withdrawn
Highest!
far away
saint!
pious to
friend!
to familiar
God!
abstractly.
How can I call you
without that I like to take a picture
a thoroughly earthly image
usually a worn image
or tainted?
How do I get out of this obsessive idea
who followed me everywhere, that you're
an old man with a white beard? As I
up for a change every now and then call her mother? A cliché
replace that
nameless!
like the
me but I can call you then have to call nor
to you?
GO ...?
