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Are You Suffering?

8/8/2016

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Over and over again we keep reminding ourselves about the importance of trust and belief… Trust that life is purposeful, that everything has a higher meaning and motive… And, belief that we are loved, guided and protected at every step along our journey…

Yet, one question is surfacing over and over again: ‘Why?’… Why do we suffer? Why are there so much struggle, pain, turmoil and suffering in life?
Even angels curiously asked God upon the creation of man: Why? “Why do you want to place on earth a creature who will cause corruption and shed so much blood?”
 And, God’s answer was: “Truly, I know what you do not know”

Human beings are gifted with the blessings of intellect and choice… We have the choice whether to experience the Divine’s beautiful attributes of peace, justice, compassion, love, forgiveness, wisdom and power…
But, think about it. Can we really feel the beauty of love, care, and forgiveness if we did not, one day, experience hate, anger or frustration? Can we really feel the beauty of peace if we did not at one point in our life experience oppression, pain or struggle?
Suffering is an integral part of life. It is not there to punish us; it is there to teach us… Suffering exists and will forever exist not for us to struggle but to learn and grow…

You may work hard and still not earn enough to sustain your family; you may experience pain or fall ill; you may lose a loved one; your partner may have broken your heart or your spouse abandoned you; or may be you suffer oppression or the turmoil of wars and injustice…

Let’s try a mental shift… a middle ground between helplessness and inflexible fight… Let’s try to embrace the suffering as part of our learning journey, as part of a bigger picture, a higher meaning… We can only do that when we hold unconditional trust that God did not and will not put us through a challenge that we cannot handle… we can only do that when we hold unconditional trust that God loves us and that this love can come in a way that we may not grab at time yet we need to trust that it is always there…
We are always loved, we are always protected, we are always guided every step along our journey… We need to trust that we have all what it takes to go through the life difficulty we’re experiencing and still come out stronger on the other side… we will be able to go through it and navigate life with our trust and belief… with God’s love and guidance.

All the beautiful Divine attributes of love, care, forgiveness, peace and compassion… all are born out of suffering, choice and reason… the main 3 gifts that only we, human beings, are blessed with.
Professor Jeffery Lang says “When we consider reaching out to someone in compassion, it’s inconceivable without the presence of an environment in which they are suffering and when we decide we are going to help them or not, we reason in our mind what will this require of me… It’s going to require some suffering on my part, some giving of myself and without that mental process, it doesn’t become a compassionate deed.”

When you are facing a trial or a difficulty, know that God, the All-merciful and All-compassionate, is always here for you. God loves us more than any creature can love us; His love is beyond the love of a mother for her child… He feels and empathizes and recognizes when you are going through pain or suffering. The way His plans work, though, is beyond our understanding sometimes... Many times we are unable to reconcile how His plans work or even how His love works…

I don’t know what your pain is, your trial, challenge or suffering is, but I know it’s hard... I know that sometimes it even feels unbearable and insurmountable. In those moments, it helps to know that you do not have to go through this alone, you are loved, you are guided, you are protected every step along your journey…

Don’t run from the suffering and don’t let it break you spirit, either. Don’t despair nor fall into helplessness and hopelessness… Instead, pray… Pray for strength to persevere through it, learn from it, grow braver and wiser with it and may be one day use the lessons you learned to support and teach others how to out-grow their own.

1 Comment
Eman
3/1/2019 12:41:46 am

I believe that every one would understand the wisdom of his exam in this life after a while and he would appreciate the strength he reached out after a while !
It is important to have the vision and the Adaption to all what we pass through .Allah gives us his exams and according to our good performance, his unaccountable gifts would be rewarded .

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    Hi, I'm Amira... I'm all for simple, natural, uncomplicated life... My core values are derived from my Islamic faith... My definition of wellness includes lots of smiles, human interactions, delicious food, music, joy, colorful paint, Mediterranean sunshine, blue sky and turquoise sea, care, love, compassion and deep heart-felt peace.
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    I've been helping people on their health and healing journey for more than 20 years now and I am committed to be authentic, caring and a beacon of love and peace.

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