SUFFERING...GOD'S WILL, GOD'S WAY

..... it’s only through seeing God in our suffering that we can truly be free from the fear that causes us to choose ways of being that are not loving. -- Brian McLaren, "Richard Rohr's Daily Meditation," January 5, 2026

Well, there it is...the good news and the bad news as one. Suffering is not to be avoided, but it can't be self-invited either. 

Suffering needs a book all to itself. Oh, maybe that's what the Bible is...not being a Bible reader, I'm on shaky ground there. 

I quote passages from the Bible that speak to me, and there are many that do. I only inner trust the King James version, however, and truth to tell, it is virtually unreadable by me. Over the years, I've made my peace with that.

As to McLaren's quote, that is a good example of Truth speaking to my brain, my heart and my soul...all the while my egoic self is backing away from it. Face it, suffering does not come on a welcome mat.

There's the gift of sticking with still more spiritual growth...the longer we seek it, the harder the reasoning mind works to block our understanding it.... according to me.

In our material world we must trust our reasoning mind, but in our raised consciousness, we must go beyond reason to love. 

Thank you.