Post by Susan Peabody on Sept 16, 2020 22:40:14 GMT
I am not sure why, but I have never blamed God for all the bad stuff in my life. I had a horrendous childhood and I blamed my parents. I was an alcoholic and I blamed myself. I was beaten by my husband and blamed him. I have always intuitively known that pain and suffering are a part of life and should be experienced with a positive attitude. I believe that "God helps those who help themselves." (Benjamin Franklin). I also feel that God takes the sting our of our earthly pain with acts of grace. I am grateful. Not being bitter has kept me from self-pity and brought me to a more intimate relationship with Christ. When I suffer, I am up there on the cross with him sharing, in a small degree, what he did for us. Of course it is easy to be philosophic at my age. I am 72 and grew into this ideology.