“All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of
thing shall be well.”
~ Julian of Norwich
(even in death?)
Exit…
The Razor
A romantic method
Elegantly slicing of flesh
Letting of blood
Flowing of pain into the warmth of water
Silent and freeing in its simplicity
The Gun
A bang to silence distortion
In my head telling lies
Bringing me low
A violent departure
The final relenting of my rage
The Whiskey
A slow long descent to the grave
A whimper in escaping
Pull the trigger on the bottle
Numb the chronic ache inside my soul
Let the world watch my slide into exquisite oblivion
“Men are never convinced
of your reasons, of your sincerity, of the seriousness of your suffering,
except by your death. So long as you are alive, your case is doubtful; you have
a right only to their skepticism.”
~ Albert Camus, The Fall
"I learned long ago that God's purposes in redeeming us is not to primarily make our lives happy, healthy, or free from trouble. God's purpose in redeeming us is to make us more like Jesus."Joni Eareckson Tada
ReplyDelete"When you forgive someone for hurting you, you perform spiritual surgery inside your soul....
ReplyDeleteDetach that person from the hurt and let it go, the way a child opens his hands and lets a
trapped butterfly go free." L.S.
"There is a real pain in your heart, a pain that truly belongs to you. You know that you cannot avoid, ignore, or repress it. It is this pain that reveals to you how you are called to live in solidarity with the human race." Henri Nouwen
ReplyDeleteWhile we need not assume there is a devine purpose leading to our suffering, we can and must trust that there is a divine purpose that follows from it. Hence our suffering is not meaningless. Gregory Boyd
ReplyDelete