"The right decision tends to lie in the direction of courage," Alfred Adler.
"Christianity lies in the direction of suffering," brother jay.
"Mental health, on such an aflicted planet, lies in the direction of suffering," brother jay
Wow, this is a big leap for me; a really important insight into what has driving my life that has been missing up until today. NO, SUFFERING IS NEVER, NEVER, NEVER THE GOAL. Driving through the desert on the way from LA to Las Vegas is usually not the goal either, but if you ain't driving through the desert, you probably are not on the way to Las Vegas either.
If a father's child is starving to death is the healthy father suffering, and acting heroically, acting "Christian?"
If a brother's sister is being gang raped is the healthy brother suffering, and acting heroically, acting "Christian?"
Etc? Etc? Etc? Etc? Etc? Etc...?
Jesus told us:
p79 "All men are His children, and therefore all are brothers to you."
p72 "If all praise them [the rich], woe to them, because only deceivers get everybody's praise."
p102 "... Our flesh is the true food for the real life."
p118 "Now the kingdom of heaven is attainable on earth, and great are they who enter it. But they enter it, not the rich, but those who have nothing."
p121 "... sell all your goods, and give them to the poor ..."
p124 "... put in [all that you have] ... put in [your] whole life ..."
p139 "There are shepherds to whom the sheep are the chief interest in life, and who give up their lives for the sheep. These are true shepherds.
p140 "My teaching is this - to give up one's life for the life of men."
p194 "My commandment is, that you love one another as I have loved you."
"In a suffering world, the Christian leads those s/he loves toward suffering; like Jesus did," brother jay. Doing the opposite of this, leading my bio-children away from "suffering" was my gravest Sin. God forgive me.
Not Suffering? Not Christian.
Not Heroic? Not Christian.
Not leading your loved-ones toward suffering? Not yet Christian.
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