Tuesday, June 9, 2009

On suffering...

Great quote by Henri Nouwen from today's Finan reading:

"There is no suffering - no guilt, shame, loneliness, hunger, oppression, or exploitation, no torture, imprisonment, or murder, no violence - that has not been suffered by God. There can be no human beings who are completely alone in their sufferings, since God, in and through Jesus, has become Emmanuel, God with us. The Good News of the gospel, therefore, is not that God came to take our suffering away, but that God wanted to become part of it."

Praise God for His wonderful hesed (lovingkindness)!

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