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JEWEL ALIEN

"The church is all about BALANCE" even to the point of beautiful paradoxes

PHLEGMONI IS BACK ON TV!! ❤

My God is a suffering God. He meets us in our pain and charges us to do the same for others. It is unethical and unloving to force anyone to suffer actively or passively. Suffering must be chosen. That right must be respected as well as the right to seek alleviation from suffering. Remember that even Jesus asked for the chalice to be taken from him if possible. And Jesus would never ask something of the father that the father could not give.

We expect instant gratification even with spiritual progress. But just because the end result is beneficial, it's not obligated to get here quickly. The time period of maturity and realization is part OF the progress.

My heart became numb to love because of the trauma

Suffering is the true means of closeness to God because YOU CANNOT CHEAT INTO IT. All fake religions RUN FROM SUFFERING and so run from God's Truth!