Love Jesus 13

By Adolfo ATM

An old saint once said, “When Satan cannot deceive you with doctrine, he persecutes you.”

1. I don’t deserve a life of pure pleasure only.
2. God warned us that in this world we would suffer.

3. Everyone suffers.

4. During times of suffering, I am either in too much pain to pray more than short simplistic prayers; or, I am able to pray unhindered by my suffering.
5. Tears are a regular visitor in suffering.
6. God is not the Enemy when we (his children) suffer.
7. God has not abandoned me.
8. Growth is painful.

9. The presence of God makes suffering bearable.

10. Insights come in suffering you couldn’t get any other way.
11. Yearning for Heaven is the fruit of suffering.
12. God’s words, when the Holy Spirit brings them to remembrance, are of great comfort.
13. The suffering of others far exceeds my own suffering.