Good Morning Christian Peeps! Yes, we would all love to sail through life on a magic carpet, eating bon bons and having someone meet our every need and whim.....however.....to obtain wisdom, to obtain higher knowledge..to know life and learn lessons the way we should...we must experience some heartache, pain, confusion, exhaustion, frustration. With all of these things we gain a different level and really learn who we are! That is the purpose of our journey here on this earth! With the thorns comes beautiful roses! Be Blessed!
Of course it would be easier to get to paradise with a full stomach, all snuggled up in a soft feather-bed, but what is required is to carry one's cross along the way, for the Kingdom of God is not attained by enduring one or two troubles, but many!
Elder Anthony of Optina
12 years ago
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