Deserts

SUMMARY: The author reflects on the purpose of suffering and how we as humans struggle to understand it. They emphasize that we cannot fully comprehend God's plan and that our faith will inevitably be tested by trials and tribulations. The author reminds us that God suffered in his own flesh and understands our pain, and that one day we will understand everything. They reject the idea that God's mercy is limited and instead believe that God suffers with those who suffer. The author calls on us to trust, submit, and wait for the moment of reunion when we can finally understand.

We have just passed a desert. After 3 painful months of pain and anguish for all, a dear brother went to the presence of the Lord. Understand God's purpose with so much suffering?

We can speculate all we want, this has no explanation for our finite mind, we are not prepared to see his Glory in adversity, we only lament like helpless children without being able to glimpse this Salvation so great that it still accompanies us through pain.

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