Two thousand years ago, a fire humbly and meekly exploded into our reality. That fire was Christ. Take the Journey Toward Perfection and allow yourself to be transformed. You will undergo a metamorphosis. You will become the butterfly that God always meant for you to be.

A Journey Toward Perfection reveals a path toward developing an intimate experiential relationship with God. It is an in-depth study of the attributes recorded in the Beatitudes of Matthew 5. These are the attributes God bestowed upon us when He created us in His image. They are the traits necessary to love others as God loves us. When Christ invited us to deny ourselves, take up our crosses and follow Him, He asked us to follow His example. He encouraged us to take a journey toward perfection, toward a loving God who extends His open arms to us even as Christ’s arms were extended on the cross. He challenged us to develop characteristics, such as humility, meekness and purity of heart. If we accept His invitation, we will embark on a life-changing journey. We will find ourselves walking in the footsteps of Christ. We will experience what He experienced and see life through His eyes. We will learn how profound His love for us truly is. We will begin to develop attributes of Christ that will sustain us through the many trials and tribulations of our lives. Our relationsip with Christ will deepen as we experience God’s true presence in our lives.

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Christ is our Savior, our intercessor with God. He became man to die for our sins, so we can be reconciled to God. Christ came to repair the brokenness of our relationship with Him. He became the sacrifice required for our forgiveness. This was a pure act of divine love. Yet, God’s love for us extends beyond His one act of sacrifice on the cross. To fully comprehend God’s love for us, it is necessary for us to understand Jesus, God’s beloved son, who left His throne of glory to live among us, to become vulnerable like us.  To fathom God’s love for us, it is essential for us to experience His journey through life, what He endured, what He suffered. We can only truly grasp His love for us by walking in His footsteps, by traveling life’s journey as He did. God challenges us to become like Christ, “For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren” (Romans 8:29). By living life as Jesus did, in humility and meekness, with kindness and compassion, being patient and merciful, we can truly begin to know Jesus. We can experience His immeasurable love for us. God becomes real to us.

But how can we become like Christ? That is a tall order. When God created us in His image, He created us with the ability to love others as He loves us. He bestowed upon us the potential to develop the characteristics necessary to follow in His footsteps. The true Christian life requires us to become humble, meek, compassionate, merciful and pure in heart. This kind of life requires us to become a spiritual warrior in the battle against evil. These are the same traits He ascribed to Himself. They are the traits necessary for living a fulfilled Christian life. An in-depth study of the attributes from the Beatitudes reveals that they are also stages of our Christian lives as we experience personal growth. By undertaking this Journey Toward Perfection, God is revealed to us in an unprecedented way, and in the process, we are transformed. “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). We will learn how to endure and overcome the trials and tribulations of our lives. We will learn how to cultivate an intimate relationship with God, where we are able to communicate with Him in a two-way dialogue, not only speaking to God, but also being attuned to His voice.

Christ gave us a road map to follow through the Beatitudes. By following this path toward Christ, God is revealed to us and becomes a beacon in our lives. Two thousand years ago, Christ ignited a fire, which changed the world. For those who seek God, that fire continues to burn brightly in our hearts today.

Helen Kamenos has been an educator for over 26 years. She graduated from California State University, Northridge with a Bachelor of Arts in English. She earned her Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership. She served as a middle school teacher, high school counselor, and principal of a private school. She dreamed of writing a book one day, but never imagined she would write a book about God. Throughout Helen’s life, her passion for learning and her fervent Orthodox Christian faith have always guided her toward seeking a greater understanding of God. When she faced several years of life-changing challenges, including a battle with cancer, Helen sought the comfort of her faith. This pursuit led to an in-depth study of the Beatitudes, which set her on a journey of discovery. In the process, she experienced Christ in a more personal and intimate way. This extraordinary journey provided her with a deeper understanding of God and His divine love. In A Journey Toward Perfection, Helen shares her new found insights of living the Christian life by following in the footsteps of Christ and participating in a real, experiential relationship with our Creator.