God Wants to Forgive and Heal
I consider these words from Nouwen: "God gives us freedom to refuse divine love, even at the risk of destroying ourselves. Hell is not God's choice. It is ours."
Life has those places of deep despair, rage, suffering (mental, physical or emotional) where we cry out: "This is HELL!!!!"
This exclamation may be a plea for help from God or it may be a statement clearly describing what has overwhelmed us. When we see that we are in a hellacious place, we can strive to find our way out, or we can give up and just keep saying "Oh, Hell..".
Or, we can reach out and ask for God's Hand which reaches always reaches out to us with love, healing and forgiveness. The situation may not be immediately remedied. We may still need to walk through suffering, especially if our own poor choices led us to Hell in the first place.
But God's Hand leads us to life. God's Love enfolds us in forgiveness and healing even when we are suffering.
Prayer: O God, help me in my suffering!
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