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Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious institutions & organizations > Religious & spiritual leaders
Change is an essential part of life. How we meet that change is
where it can get interesting. When a person goes through a
conversion experience, there is an automatic assumption that they
have it all figured out immediately, and they know exactly what God
wants them to do. This is not the case. We only have to look at St.
Paul. While his conversion was dramatic, Paul tells us in his
letters that he had to spend considerable time in the wilderness
pondering what had happened to him, and figuring out what exactly
God wanted him to do. The same is true of St. Ignatius of Loyola.
St. Ignatius had a dramatic conversion which shattered not only his
leg but all his previous dreams and aspirations. Such a change was
not easy to get his head around, and he was forced to enter into
his own period in the wilderness. This time of reflection not only
brought him closer to God, but it also gave him a greater insight
into himself. In this booklet, you will be able to witness the
transformation which took place in the life of Ignatius from a
vainglorious young man obsessed with his own success, to one who
put the service of God and other people before anything else. This
transformation, while dramatic, was not immediate. It took time and
reflection and took him across various locations. In all of his
travels, Ignatius was focused on one thing, what was God calling
him to do? Ignatius conversion will allow the reader to get a
perspective on how Ignatius faced the challenges which transformed
his life, and hopefully, the reader may be able to make time in
their own life to explore things which brought about changes in
their life and see how God was operating within this change.
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