On this day of your life, dear friend,
I believe God wants you to know... illness is not a sign of spiritual weakness, but of
spiritual strength.
When we fall ill there are some who will say, "Why
did you create that for yourself?" They might convince
you to see it as a sign of spiritual weakness or failure.
It is not. It is a sign of spiritual strength.
All challenges are a sign a spiritual strength, and of
the readiness of the Soul to evolve even
further.
Love, Your Friend....
http://www.nealedonaldwalsch.com/
18 comments:
I think illnesses are growing opportunities for healing. When we heal we grow in our understanding of what is really important in life. Being vulnerable to all kinds of illnesses is part of our humanity, our temporal lives in this world. I was just thinking about Farrah Fawcett and how she documented her battle with cancer. She never relinquished her humanity and her spirituality. We learn to be compassionate and kind when we have suffered any kind of illness.
~Beautifully~ said PC <3
This is a beautiful, beautiful post, Vicki. Now I have to go see who Neale is. I'm sure there is another gift waiting for me there.
I have the stocking you made me on my mantle. I see it every single day, and I send you love when I do. It looks like it's full of gifts. I imagine it's the love you made it with. How precious is that?
Thank you so much~~~~
It was another gift waiting to be opened. Thank you for sharing Neale with us. I signed up for his newsletter & daily quotes.
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*Kissez* to Lille Diane x
Really? For me illness is just a good excuse to skip work. He he he!
I love your sweet soul.
Come over here DD so i can smack you with my shoe! Lol! X;-)
Nancy girl how are you? *Kissez* Thanks for dropping by x
Nolly, I don't believe the illness is necessarily a sign of weakness, but if it is a sign of strength, why are some people either destroyed by it or destroy themselves because of it; why should the universe give them a greater challenge than they can survive?
I thank you so much for your visit a little while ago. I have never posted anything with such fear and trembling, and your words comforted me and reminded me of an important incident. Please note that I do always respond.
Well said Nolly. It is sometimes difficult to remember the gift in the middle of the storm but it is a gift non the less
Linda
Beautiful. thanks
I came here by the way of Woodstock Lily, when I saw your blog house and the guest houses etc. I knew I had to follow, and your post is O so true, we think every change in life is horrible but they can be blessings IF we give them the opportunity to be.
I LOVE YOU!!!!
xo.
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What a beautiful and encouraging post. Such a caring and righteous way of thinking.
Thank you So much for you're caring comment, your warm heart shows through so deeply. This arty creative and wonderful place is full of love and respect for one another.
What a beautiful feeling I have know reading your post and message. You are so special!
Well i guess because therein lies the challenge my dear Snowbrush no? X;-)
Agreed Linda, it gets mighty dark sometimes in the middle of a storm! x
Thanks for dropping by Jeanne-Ming
TC Hi! No truer words were ever spoken methinks X:-)
Love you tOO Ms Blue-eyd yogi e <3
Julie-Ann Thankyou for those kind words and if i may quote the very same lovely words about YOU tOO! xox
"Well i guess because therein lies the challenge my dear Snowbrush no?"
Huh, Nollyposh?
i guess what i am saying is, IS the challenge greater than they can survive ...if ultimately ~death~ is not a failing? ... Given that the "challenge" is all about "the journey" ...Am i making myself any clearer Snowbrush? X:-/
"..Am i making myself any clearer Snowbrush?"
I'm vague on it. As I see it, what you've got here is a way of looking at suffering that comforts you. It is founded upon your belief that we live in a benevolent universe. I have no such belief because (a) I see no evidence for it; and (b) it seems to me that you run into a lot of inherent contradictions.
Take your belief about suffering being brought upon those who are ready for it as a growth opportunity, for example. You appear to arrive at this belief based upon your observation of people who individually become ill for no obvious reason. As I ponder this, I think of entire ethnic groups that suffer famine or genocide, or the millions of sufferers in impoverished nations such as the one to my south, Mexico. According to your belief, it would seem that all of those sufferers during WWII or in the current wastelands of Darfur are enduring such horrors because they are all ready for growth. How extraordinary to posit that millions of people were lumped together in various times and at various places so they could suffer the same horrors as a growth opportunity. I can not imagine that they would see it this way. It frankly strikes me as a theory arrived at from a state of relative comfort, but, of course, I could be wrong because, like you, perhaps, I have never seen everyone I loved die or had everything I owned taken from me even while my own body deteriorated.
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