Despair of Despair

De: Kevin FitzMaurice

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Why Despair?

• You will have despair or hope.
• You can use despair to reach hope.
• All is despair when you rely on yourself.
• We must despair to switch to God, not to excuse evil.
• To despair of human nature is the beginning of intelligence.
• Nothing more clearly defines the human condition than despair.
• To despair of despair is to gain the understanding that nothing can save you but the grace of God.

Who Despairs?

• You are already in despair.
• Despair of Despair was not written to cause despair.
• Despair of Despair was written to awaken you to your despair.
• By discovering and facing your despair, you have the opportunity to seek God or find more ways of trying to avoid, cover, and escape your despair.
• Some might blame Despair of Despair for their despair.
• However, Despair of Despair has no magical or supernatural powers to cause anyone despair.
• People regularly blame their despair on their parents, family, fellow workers, friends, partners, circumstances, situations, and society.
• Yet, despair is the natural human condition for adults because they are failing at life.

No Excuses

• If you don’t yet take responsibility for your feelings, please read Fast-Facts: Feelings for a fast and furious introduction to emotional responsibility.
• If you are looking for excuses for failure or the ultimate failure—suicide, this book is not for you.
• If you need reasons to surrender to God, this book is for you.
• Despair of Despair was written to turn you from death, darkness, destruction, deception, and despair to life, light, and love.
• Face your despair and put all in God’s hands.

Be Yourself

• The author is convinced that if you discover the true nature of your being and return to it, nearly all of your life problems will vanish.
• Therefore, some focus is on being your original vessel-nature, authentic self (host), and true self (internal place).