Man was Born to Suffer

We were born to suffer. Existing in reality is the source of suffering. Everybody suffers. If you exist it is impossible to avoid suffering. It is ironic that we can spend our lives avoiding and running away from suffering so much so that we end up suffering even more. When we resist suffering we suffer more. All suffering is invaluable. This world is not heaven despite mans best and fruitless efforts to make it so. Man has convinced himself that he can create paradise on this side of death. Man is convinced that he can. Man can experience immense tribulation and joy at the same time. The greatest fear of man is suffering. But Christ said the thing you fear most is of greatest blessing to man. This truth is totally at odds with the world view that suffering is to be avoided at all costs. It is in the fire of suffering that our true-self is revealed and we become ever more like Christ. Everyone suffers but not everyone is blessed because they suffer. We are blessed when we offer suffering for and to God. When we suffer; our soul and spirit respond and receive God’s joy and comfort. God is a caring and fatherly God. He is a loving father that responds and sends his infinite comfort to his suffering children. All sufferers need and require care and comfort. As we suffer so shall we be comforted by God. Suffering breaks down our defences to God. The most proud, the strongest, the hardest of people are brought to their knees through suffering, but their souls also kneel. They become humble as they recognise their own weakness. They are ripe and open to God’s infinite power. Suffering opens us to God. We were created to be like Christ. Christ suffered. He suffered for the world. He took on the greatest suffering of all, the burden of sin and paid the price. The partner to suffering is love. The greater the love the greater we suffer. Love and suffering go hand in hand. Real love which comes from our hearts can be both immensely joyful and happy but also immensely sorrowful and mournful. These peaks and troughs, mountain tops and valleys are the price of love. Every person has a soul, a spiritual center. The soul is sensitive by nature.  Naturally we protect this part of our being but when we love it is necessary to expose our heart to another or others. To reveal our hearts is to love from the heart. If we never reveal ourselves we will never love. To not love is to be a dead thing.  This exposure comes with the greatest experiences in this life; joy and sorrow beyond our knowledge.