Good analysis, David. My thoughts as I listened. We will suffer in this world and there’s no way around it. However, we can not only find meaning in that suffering, we can actually use it—in fact we have to use it—in order to imitate Christ, which is the way to eternal happiness.
We understand well how suffering provides us the fruits to improve our bodies because we can see the results—larger muscles, loss of weight, etc. The saints, like Thomas a’ Kempis, instruct us on how we can do this spiritually. That we should not be satisfied with where we are right now—we can do better.
Good analysis, David. My thoughts as I listened. We will suffer in this world and there’s no way around it. However, we can not only find meaning in that suffering, we can actually use it—in fact we have to use it—in order to imitate Christ, which is the way to eternal happiness.
We understand well how suffering provides us the fruits to improve our bodies because we can see the results—larger muscles, loss of weight, etc. The saints, like Thomas a’ Kempis, instruct us on how we can do this spiritually. That we should not be satisfied with where we are right now—we can do better.