We must have the courage
to pray to have the courage to accept.
Because we do not pray enough, we see only the human part.
We don't see the divine.
And we resent it.
I think that much of the misunderstanding
of suffering today
comes from that
from resentment and bitterness.
Bitterness is an infectious disease
a cancer
an anger hidden inside.
Suffering is meant to purify
to sanctify
to make Christlike.
---From Words to Love By by Mother Teresa
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My response:
in humanness the difficult will turn,
and cause inward resentment to burn,
overwhelming blame of great distress,
builds up to multiply sour bitterness,
yes, suffering brings such unique needs,
misunderstanding builds in a heart that bleeds
yet stepping back there our other nature,
a positive view springs from a human creature,
inside the soul there is transformed,
grace hope and joy bring life reborn,
suffering yields marvelous fruit in time,
when a seeking prayer calls forth the divine
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this is my expression of Mother Teresa's thought on suffering and the changes that can take place in the heart
