tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172588600946128888.post3350253349048418801..comments2023-10-30T10:44:30.645-04:00Comments on A Shower of Roses: The ChairSarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12072984925282936743noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5172588600946128888.post-55790475805033827702012-08-06T09:41:33.666-04:002012-08-06T09:41:33.666-04:00God IS enough, but pain is pain and we still have...God IS enough, but pain is pain and we still have to live through it. I think a lot of people are having a hard time right now. We turn to God, which means eventually we will make it through our hard time. That doesn't mean it will be less hard. It just means we don't give up. We don't turn on God. <br />"May nothing disturb you" means there are many things that could.<br />I often think we complicate our lives ourselves. I am striving for simplicity. Come with me.<br /><br /><br />I was reading some of St. John of the Cross writing, St. Teresa's contemporary. Look at how different his perspective is: "Do the most difficult, the harshest, the less pleasant, the unconsoling, the lowest and most despised, want nothing, look for the worst."Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00747308009364094199noreply@blogger.com