Necessary suffering. There was a time and not too long ago, from my eyebrows up, I was in complete agreement with the idea of necessary suffering. I have written about, mentally preached on, considered, rejected, committed to, reneged...repeatedly...the concept of necessary suffering.
Today I feel as if I am in the midst of necessary suffering, meeting it with thank you every step of the way, and not praying for it to be lifted. I am coming to believe...or at least suspect...that necessary suffering is what we experience when our consciousness is being raised, and we do not know the outcome...the where, when, how for us personally.
My mind is still shooting suggestions but is not manufacturing solutions for which I praise God.
Face it, suffering does not have an inviting rep...the name says it all. Here's where the difference in material mind and spiritual mind earns its wings.
The material mind rejects necessary out of hand and takes suffering personally, knows it as hurtful and therefore wrong. Spiritual mind knows necessary suffering as the ways of God which are not for our creature comfort but for our benefit while being for the benefit of others, too.
That's where I am now...feeling kinda cool 😎...look at me, I'm in the midst of necessary suffering and not kvetching about it.
The Lord loves us so much...where else could he get his grins?
Thank you.
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