My wife is the real writer in this family. She recently wrote about the topic of suffering and was very candid sharing the wave after wave of suffering we have navigated as a family. She nailed it and I wanted to share her words with readers of theMangoTimes.
You can read everything she says over at KendraFletcher.com, but this specific post can be found by clicking directly here:
When Suffering Comes Blow by Blow by Blow (and How to Help)
My favorite line in her post is this: “It is this suffering life to which we are called, but we cannot embrace its grace until we recognize that the Bible, Christ’s life, and ours in discipleship is a life called to pain and brokenness. God triumphs, though. This earth isn’t heaven.”
After the last few years of let downs, false starts, loss and pain, sometimes we need to learn to sit in that pain recognizing that God is still in sovereign control. We can kick and scream and yell all we want, but there is also a place of peace knowing that God knows, He cares and He’s got this. Anyhow, enough of my thoughts, go read her words.
Quietly making noise,
Fletch