Humble, small, abandoned and trusting, they will all let themselves be led by me. Their weak voice will one day be changed into the roar of a hurricane, and joining the victorious cry of the angels, it will resound in a powerful cry throughout the world: ‘Who is like God? Who is like God?’
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The Bible says of Christ, “Son though he was, he learned the meaning of obedience through all he suffered” (Heb 5:8). Jesus came to do the will of God; and to be obedient to the will of God is to suffer. But where does that suffering lead? It certainly doesn’t lead to depression. No. It leads to joy, to love, to faith. Pain is the chalice of love. I hope that we will understand why Christ gives us a share of his pain; it is so that we may imitate him and be led by him to his Father.
Grace in Every Season (March 14)
The point of our crosses is for us to die to self, and more easily be led to the Father and be able to embrace His will more fully. Less of us, more of Him. If however we are unwilling to move on, and prefer to just hang there wallowing in our suffering (some people like that kind of thing, I guess), then we won’t experience all that is meant for us and through us.
This is why docility and humility are so key in the life of the Spirit. We need to be able to abandon self will and move on, even from good things when there are better things in store for us, things that we can only see through the eyes of faith.
It is this seeing through the eyes of faith that instills so much joy, love, and yes…even excitement, when everyone else around us is wailing, shaking in their boots, and bored to tears with their life.