Reading #28

Animals have rights. They treat animals as if they were part of there tribe.


We shouldn't be rude to animals by enslaving them for our own personal agenda. We should treat them as there our part of us. We share this world with them. They don't destroy the world, if anything they make it more clean. They make this world worth living. Imagine if there was no animals, then is world wouldn't be where it is today. Its interesting how every creature as a role on this earth, that is because the Creator created it that way, and our Creator is God the Father,

Reading #23

Love is something we seek, that we all should have. Without we become weak and emotionally sad.



Love is something we all seek because when we filled by it by either, friends or family, we feel happy inside and outside. But you know who really loves us, Jesus. He died for us. He took the sacrifice for our sins. He lifted up Adam and everyone else from Hades and brought them to Heaven. He loved us, this is a kind of love that we shall truly understand till were at judgement day.

Reading #17

When you begin a great work, take your time to complete it, don't rush through it


I can say this about the Monks who hand paint icons. That's a beautiful and great work. It doesn't take them 5 minutes to complete it. It maybe take them 5 months, the amount of prayers that are being said while there painting it, that what makes them so Holy. We don't praise the icons, we venerate the person depicted on it.

Reading #18

Were poor because we are honest


By honest, he means humble, and a truth speaker. He didn't have to lie to become famous. Nor did he inherit lots of money. He stood true to his faith. The times may be hard for him, but he wont give up.

Reading #19

Serving your nation is more then enough of a reward of doing a brave and worthy action


I can compare this statement to the soldiers fighting against the ISIS. Those are true heroes. Those are the people who are doing brave and worthy actions everyday. They protected us from getting bombed, like that school of innocent children did yesterday. They do get paid money, some get medals of honor etc. but to be a solider means you are willing to put your life on the line for not only me but all of us.

Reading #26

We don't want Churches because it causes arguments among ourselves.


I don't even know where to began to disagree with this because Christ established his Church, when Peter announced that he is the Son of God. The Church is Heaven. The psalms, liturgies we chant in Church is what were going to do in Heaven. Anyone who wishes not have a Church has a corrupted mind. A mind corrupted by the demon himself, for it is his job to keep us away from the Church and he is doing his job very well for the Cheyennes.

Reading #27

There's a force that comes and blows through all things. All things are brought together by the same great force and spirit.



This force is the HOLY SPIRIT, the Holy Spirit is in all things. We can embody the Holy Spirit as did the Apostles, Saints, and all the disciples present day. The Holy Spirit has many gifts for us, its one of many ways on how God loves us, but what do we do? Do we love him back? Do we go to Church on Sunday? Or do we live our lives with the devil in our minds?

Reading #25

The comfort of feeling safe with a person.


Can we feel comfort from someone who is in our family, friends, spouse, etc. A person who gives us comfort is someone we can trust with our feelings and emotions. Someone who we can always know that their there for you for both the good and the bad. This is a person who we can count on at any given moment to be there for us.

Reading #24

My heart is filled of joy when I see you there.


Enjoying the presence of others makes us happy. One person can make a difference by cheering someone up when there down, making them feel loved when they feel hated. A single act of kindness and love can make someone feel happy. That's what were called to do in this world, make someone feel happy and loved as Jesus did to everyone he encountered on earth and everyone to this present day.

Reading #22

Everyone should be loved and give love as well. Without love we can no longer have that happiness that only love can give us.


Every human being seeks to be loved. They need to be loved to receive that happiness. What some people don't understand is that there is a hole our hearts that seeks to be love and to be happy, the hole cant be filled y any other human nor object, but it is filled by Christ our Savior. He loves us more then we think we love someone else, he makes us happy, but all we have to do is reach and accept his call.

Reading #21

Try do something difficult for your people. Help everyone, have pity on them and love them through everything. Give them your all.


Reminds me Christ preaching when he was on earth 2000 years ago. We live in times where we only care about ourselves and no one else. We need love our neighbor and care for them as we care for ourselves. We need to love one another as we love ourselves.

Redaing #20

Look and listen for the welfare of all. Also, have the present and the coming generations inside of you.

We can learn from all people, from elders to the children. We have to have in mind todays world, how can we make it better? What can I do? And by doing that we also have to have in mind, what will I leave behind for the next generation, and the generation after that. Will I leave this world a mess? Or will I leave it in better condition then what I found it?

Reading #15

When you start something, don't expect to finish it right away. Let nothing stop you for what you have started.

I can compare this when seeing the monks making an icon. It doesn't take them 5 minutes, it takes them 5 months. Patience and prayer is what they live by when they make it. The icons are very beautiful and an essential part of the Orthodox Christian faith. Its very beautiful seeing the icons and also seeing the people venerate them.

Reading #14

We were made to respect the elders for they are full of wisdom and knowledge. We weren't aloud to talk to the elders unless I was requested to do so.

We live in times were in each generation something is being brought or introduced. My generation has better technology then what we had in the 90s. Imagine what my children will have, they will flying cars and under water bikes etc. All kinds of  cool stuff. However, with all this rise in technology, we loose something, parts of our past. That's why the elders should be respected because they have the knowledge that we don't.