Exodus 9:15-16 "For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people ...But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth".
Matthew 25:34-36 "Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me."
Why do people have to go through tough times struggling with depression, severe back pains, marital problems, financial pressure, lonely times or even heat stress and fatigue? The lessons that each experience have to bring are beyond me.
I just know that when I am sick and my immunity system shut down and I become very weak and vulnerable, in my times of stress and financial needs. Angels in the physical form of friends show up at my door step, carrying soup, crackers, donuts and even goodie bags.
Though normally I am content with text messages, emails and chats, it is when my beloved friends are in distress that actual contact becomes necessary and crucial and I reach out to let them know that I love them and thinking of them during their tough times. Its when the people I love are in need that I go all out and reach all my networks and everyone comes through wonderfuly to help a friend.
Today, I find that times of distress though might be carrying within themselves deeper spiritual issues for me to face each time. They are always an opportunity to recieve love, kindness and heal the dry cracked land of my soul.
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ReplyDeleteAlthough outwardly cataclysms are hard to understand and to endure, yet there lies a great wisdom behind them which appears later. All the visible material events are inter-related with invisible spiritual forces. The infinite phenomena of creation are as interdependent as the links of a chain.
When certain links become rusty, they are broken by unseen forces, to be replaced by newer and better ones. There are certain colossal events which transpire in the world of humanity which are required by the nature of the times. For example, the requirements of winter are cold, snow, hail and rain - but the birds and animals who live for six months, enjoying a short span of life, not realizing the wisdom of winter, chide and make lament and are discontent, saying, "Why this awful frost? Why this hail and storm? Why not the balmy weather? Why not the eternal springtime? Why this injustice on the part of the creator? Why this suffering? What have we done to be meted out with this catastrophe?"
However, those souls who have lived many years and have acquired much experience and have weathered many severe winters realize that in order to enjoy the coming spring they must pass through the cold of winter.
Dost thou think thy body a small thing, while in thee is enfolded the universe? (Abdu'l-Baha, Divine Philosophy, p. 115)
Dost thou think thy body a small thing, while in thee is enfolded the universe? ----
ReplyDeleteLove it!