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what if there was no sadness?
what if there was no pain?
what if there was no sorrow?
what if there was no illness?
what if there were no struggles?
what if there was no evil?
what if there was no hunger?
what would all of that mean?
If we didnt have any of that then we wouldnt need God nor would we ever pray! This is a great post and good questions!!💕
http://personalgrowthsuccessblog.com/2018/06/14/when-the-struggle-becomes-overwhelming
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great way to look at it.
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Thanks for sharing….. without sadness and sorrow, one would not seek and know true happiness, without pain and illness one would not seek and know true comfort and ease, without struggle and hunger one would not seek and know peace and fulfillment… and evil, well that is an adjective conjured up in the minds of many to describe someone or some thing… they all present challenges for one to deal with, that is life… 🙂
“I believe that destiny, on a daily basis, puts challenges before me to deal with…how I deal with those challenges will determine what I shall become..” Larry Woller
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love your thoughts. thank you so much for taking time to read and make thoughtful comments.
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What would that mean? That human kind had ceased to exist
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so appreciate your thoughtful comment!
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:O) x
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We would take everything for granted and expect perfection all the time! That could be boring and the absence of thankfulness, faith, and hope for better days would make us all turn into robots. 😉 Personally, I have learned to be so much more thankful for my “good days” after being diagnosed with MS. You got us thinking… Great Post!!! 🙂
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thank you so much for taking time to post such a thoughtful comment! i really appreciate it!
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Hopefully it means we’re in heaven!
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great comment, thank you!
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I wonder whether we’d be able to appreciate the good things, without the bad things..?
Nonetheless, I’d still rather a world like what you’ve described! x
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thank you for taking time to make a thoughtful comment……….it is greatly appreciated and I would love to live in a less complex world too!
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Such beautiful ponderings. I believe that our God does use all of the struggles in this world, knitting it together somehow for good, bringing us ever closer to Himself in the process.
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I love reading everyone’s comments! thank you so much for taking the time to post such a lovely comment!
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I don’t know if we would be able to feel grateful or experience joy if everything was smooth sailing. I believe the human spirit is most beautiful when it is overcoming enormous obstacles. Our bodies may be broken, but our spirit can still soar. I recently found a verse that helped me. Maybe it will you too. 1 Peter 1:3-9 I won’t put the whole verse here but this is the main thought:
6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
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thank you so very much for taking the time to comment. the verses are just beautiful and I am so enjoying reading thoughts on these questions. you guys have made me think deeper than I did while putting the post together and that is just awesome! thank you again!
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It is a really good question. Stopping and thinking about things like that can help change your perspective about what is important, at least it has for me. Our attitude is something no one else can take away. We can choose how we react to the trials.
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Amen sister! I admit I struggle with a positive attitude some days, but I am a work in progress. Thank you again for your thoughtful comments!
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As hard as it is to,cope with the items you mentioned, Life would be pretty dull if they’d didn’t exist
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Thank you so much Steve for stopping by and taking the time to comment. It is so interesting reading everyone’s take on this. I appreciate your comments!
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If we didn’t know sadness I think we wouldn’t know happiness. Because we wouldn’t know the difference. 😊💛
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Love this thought…………thank you so much for commenting. It has been awesome reading all the thoughts on this post.
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Great post Wendi! Hope you’ve had a wonderful day. I know you don’t always feel well dealing with pain but I hope it was a good one.
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thank you so much! my tomorrow be a blessed day for you!
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Thank you, likewise, or at least it won’t be so bad!
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yes……….less is always better!
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Yes! It really is! 😊💛
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I struggle with staying positive too in the midst of my chronic pain. But changing perspective – trying to change the mind set of thinking everything in your life is negative. And think of the positives that the negative has brought. My chronic pain put the brakes on my life. It’s no longer the rushing through life, rather stopping and living life literally by the minute. Everything happens for a reason – and God doesn’t make mistakes! 😊🙏🏽
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This is a very good way to look at it. I do my best to stay positive and pray that healing will be granted this side of heaven!
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That’s all we can do, pray and hope for strength to face another day with chronic pain.
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amen!
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Aha great questions imposed. The joy, the elation and meaning of happiness would have a different meaning. But for a world like that to exist amen
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yes it would……….and I think I would be ok with that! thank you so much for stopping by and leaving such a thoughtful comment.
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My pleasure always Wendi.
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thank you for the kindness you spread in this world
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