Suffering invites us to place our hurts in larger hands. In Christ we see God suffering – for us. And calling us to share in God’s suffering love for a hurting world. The small and even overpowering pains of our lives are intimately connected with the greater pains of Christ. Our daily sorrows are anchored in a greater sorrow and therefore a larger hope.
Henri J.M. NouwenTags: loss death suffering jesus grief cross crucifix turn-my-mourning-into-dancing
I was starting to come to grips with the fact that I had created a lot of pain and suffering around me, not just within me.
Anthony KiedisSuffering is due to our disconnection with the inner soul. Meditation is establishing that connection.
Amit RayTags: happiness joy suffering meditation
The evil and suffering in this world are greater than any of us can comprehend. But evil and suffering are not ultimate. God is. Satan, the great lover of evil and suffering, is not sovereign. God is.
John PiperWe are not a voice for the voiceless. The truth is that there is a lot of noise out there drowning out quiet voices, and many people have stopped listening to the cries of their neighbors. Lots of folks have put their hands over their ears to drown out the suffering. Institutions have distanced themselves from the disturbing cries..
It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become genuine friends and family with whom we laugh, cry, dream, and struggle. One of the verses I have grown to love is the one where Jesus is preparing to leave the disciples and says, "I no longer call you servants.... Instead, I have called you friends" (John 15:15). Servanthood is a fine place to begin, but gradually we move toward mutual love, genuine relationships. Someday, perhaps we can even say those words that Ruth said to Naomi after years of partnership: "Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried" (Ruth 1:16-17).
Tags: christianity suffering community genuine-relationships
Shannon: Only the living suffered. Only they were riddled with guilt and regret and unanswered questions.
Nora RobertsTags: suffering living nora-roberts shannon born-in-shame
Our willingness to suffer for the sake of the perception of freedom is remarkable.
Jaron LanierLike too much alcohol,self-consciousness makes us see ourselves double, and we make the double image for two selves - mental and material, controlling and controlled, reflective and spontaneous. Thus instead of suffering we suffer about suffering, and suffer about suffering about suffering.
Alan W. WattsTags: self suffering alchochol self-conciousness
That alone would be Eddie's triumph in all this; that she had taught the kelpie suffering.
D. MorgensternTags: suffering sacrifice fae faerie the-ring kelpie
Without hope, there is no despair. There is only meaningless suffering.
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