People sometimes wonder why God would allow so much suffering in our world. Maybe instead we should be wondering why we do.
01732 – Why Does God Allow Suffering?
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01702 – You Belong to Me
One does not ask of one who suffers: "What is your country, and what is your religion?" One merely says: "You suffer. This is enough for me. You belong to me and I shall help you."
01666 – How to Regard People
We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do, or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.
01583 – Understanding Begins with Us
We want to punish the other person because we suffer. Then, we have anger in us; we have violence in us, just as they do. When we see that our suffering and anger are no different from their suffering and anger, we will behave more compassionately. So understanding...
01574 – Seeing From the Perspective of the Suffering
It remains an experience of incomparable value that we have for once learnt to see the great events of world history from below, from the perspective of the outcasts, the suspects, the maltreated, the powerless, the oppressed and reviled, in short, from the...
01551 – All or None
We need to develop the awareness that nowadays we are either all saved together or no one is saved. Poverty, decadence and suffering in one part of the earth are a silent breeding ground for problems that will end up affecting the entire planet.
01527 – Deep Calls to Deep
The deepest things I have learned in my own life have come from the deepest suffering. And out of the deepest waters and hottest fires have come the deepest things that I know about God.
01489 – The Purpose of Our Deliverance
Christians, we have maintained, are those who through confrontation with death are given new freedom from the sting of death and so a new freedom for voluntary service to others. Surely if this claim has any truth in it, then it is not our own suffering but the...
01437 – Christianity is a Lifestyle
It seems to me that it is a minority that ever gets the true and full Gospel. We just keep worshiping Jesus and arguing over the exact right way to do it. The amazing thing is that Jesus never once says, "worship me!", but he often says, "follow me" (Matt.4:19)....
01424 – Jesus Always Went where the Pain Was
There is no side to take in the Twelve Step Program! It is not a worthiness contest. There is only an absolutely necessary starting point! The experience of "powerlessness" is where we all must begin. And Alcoholics Anonymous (A. A.) is honest and humble enough to...