American culture will tell you that your suffering is a lesson—a "blessing in disguise." Suffering must always be redemptive. Otherwise, we might have to question why some people succeed and other people fall to the very bottom.
Today is #HolySaturday when Jesus has died and, according to tradition, descends into hell. It is the moment *before* the great surprise, when Jesus’s death is revealed to be a blessing in disguise. That someday suffering and death itself would be no more.
So today, of all days, let us call a truce in this meritocracy. Let's allow suffering people NOT to call their suffering “good.” The only GOOD thing about “Good Friday” is that God has come to save us.
Christ has died. Tomorrow He will rise. That’s a big enough lesson for me.
Christ has died. Tomorrow He will rise. That’s a big enough lesson for me.
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