Right. Think of it as a privilege to suffer this for and with Christ. There's nothing we can feel that He didn't feel during the passion!
I am suffering to get my whole family ++ to heaven. I know and accept this but as things deteriorate, sometimes I can get overwhelmed but ‐ there for the grace of God go I
Me too Sparrow. I dont have a fraction of the cross you are carrying and I get overwhelmed. For me its a temptation to discouragement. I try to offer all of it to the Sacred Heart. Not to waste any of it but on a day by day basis the discouragement is sometimes extremely heavy.
We are at the foot of the cross with Blessed Mother. Sometimes it feels like we are ON the cross with Jesus, sharing in His sufferings. And then we get a respite when He comes to our rescue. Blessed be Jesus Christ, now and forever. He takes care of us as only a tender Shepherd can do.
I am praying for everyone & I'm so sorry for such heavy Crosses & sufferings. We unite them to our Lord's, but our human emotions are natural & we have to deal with emotions we often have to fight. This also becomes exhausting lol. I suppose it's a matter of surrendering those emotions too & God giving us the supernatural grace to endure. The faithful suffer the most & I often cry out to God why, when those that haven't been obedient to God at all are having the best time. It has been a crazy long suffering for the faithful, but I believe it will end soon. I surrender all the children to God, but I also have bouts of anxiety of what is happening to them. I don't have kids, but I'm an Aunty. When I worry God says 'If you want them to be happy, what more will I want for them!' God favours the children, so He will protect them. Things have changed so much from when I was growing up. We don't know why God has allowed all this, yes for His greater good. I wish I could start dancing with joy at how God is going to turn this all around, but for now, I deal with horrible fatigue. Baby steps tho, soon enough we'll be at the top of the mountain enjoying the beautiful view. Even tho it's taken blood, sweat, tears & vommiting to get there lol. If we don't have the strength to climb the mountain anymore- which is the majority of us - God is coming to treat us to Emirates first class champagne on arrive with all the lavish food LOL. He will carry us to our destination, wherever that may be next - for sure some R&R for running this race for toooooooo long. We also get a medal for obedience & suffering for His name. I remember Mark McLean said if we only knew what God is going to do. Mark referred to The Miracle/Era of Peace - we'd all stop working & doing our daily duties. For now, I'm finding distractions & asking God to make me detach from my sufferings & praying hard for others. At times, I try to get excited, I do for a moment, but I feel my mind can't get that far ahead. But, God is such a loving Father, He says 'Girllllll, if only you knew!!' I pray hard for the evildoers, because God is about to right every wrong. The faithful will be rejoicing & we have no idea what will happen to those who are so stinking stubborn to repent & convert. I also think when the time comes for all these calamities God will take away the emotion of fear for the faithful, since we'll be helping others & STILL trying to warn them that it's not too late to fall on their knees & repent & convert.
