Do you ever wonder if….
If only my anxieties, pain and suffering were gone, if only I were never rejected or thought of bad, if only I had no struggles, no loss, no sickness, no thorns, no this or that…
Wouldn't that be sad, and quite selfish, if it were only you exempt from hardships? Whenever I get lost in my own this or that, I remember about those who too are dealing with their own, often much worse, set of problems.
Who do we think we are, and how can we help another if we don't ourselves know the heartbreak and tribulation that comes with the blessed breaths we take?
You know as I listen and watch the hearts of those in deep heart ache, barely holding on. Ones who lost both their parents or even just one, or how about the wife who lost her husband of over 58 years? I think about the hospitals full of sick children and how about those wondering where their children are? How about those families along side the beds in Hospice, right now as I write this? How about those who don't have a home, or the fathers or mothers wondering what will become of their children now that they have been laid off? How about those who have not one other person to call their own, completely shut in and isolated...on and on are stories that break your heart.
None of us are called not to suffer.
We are called to rejoice in Him as we all share in the suffering.
If only my anxieties, pain and suffering were gone, if only I were never rejected or thought of bad, if only I had no struggles, no loss, no sickness, no thorns, no this or that…
Wouldn't that be sad, and quite selfish, if it were only you exempt from hardships? Whenever I get lost in my own this or that, I remember about those who too are dealing with their own, often much worse, set of problems.
Who do we think we are, and how can we help another if we don't ourselves know the heartbreak and tribulation that comes with the blessed breaths we take?
You know as I listen and watch the hearts of those in deep heart ache, barely holding on. Ones who lost both their parents or even just one, or how about the wife who lost her husband of over 58 years? I think about the hospitals full of sick children and how about those wondering where their children are? How about those families along side the beds in Hospice, right now as I write this? How about those who don't have a home, or the fathers or mothers wondering what will become of their children now that they have been laid off? How about those who have not one other person to call their own, completely shut in and isolated...on and on are stories that break your heart.
None of us are called not to suffer.
We are called to rejoice in Him as we all share in the suffering.
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So yes, we are not called to not suffer..
