I had to vent a little.
A long time ago, I heard a teaching about suffering that has stuck with me. At the last supper, (I hope I am remembering this correctly) John asks if he can sit next to Christ in heaven, and Jesus responds with, "can you drink the cup I drink?" Jesus was asking John if he was willing to share in his suffering.
Suffering is not just being nailed to a cross. Suffering is also, in part, having to live in the presence of evil and sin. Suffering is seeing the wrongs happening in the world and not being able to do much about it.
The trick is to live in the face of evil and still have hope, love, and peace.
1 comment:
Yup. Faith.
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