![]() ![]() And healing and growth can happen in all of these areas. As a therapist I believe we are body, mind and spirit. I am still reconciling my past experiences with my concept of God now. I have experienced spiritual wounding from the leaders I believed in. I have, and still do grapple with deep doubt. To put it in psychological terms, we developing a more flexible view of ourselves and the world, which is always healthier than shame and self-judgement.Īll of this I have seen first hand in my own faith. Sometimes suffering lasts and where is God in this How are we to live when the place we find ourselves is one of lingering suffering KJ invites us to allow our emotions to become a compass, leading us to a God who is present even in suffering. If we can hold all of these together we’re practicing grace. KJ has written an important book about suffering called This Too Shall Last. I believe we can embrace our doubt and our belief, our devoutness and our relativism, our woundedness with the church and our healing experiences with God. ![]() ![]() Simply put, we’d rather not suffer at all, but if we do, we prefer it to be short. It is that inherent experience of love that becomes the engine of change.” Many of us treat suffering like a problem to fix. What empowers change, what makes you desirous of change is the experience of love. In fact, God loves you so that you can change. ![]() “Most of us were taught that God would love us if and when we change. ![]()
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