Friday, September 7, 2012

Holiness, not happiness, is the goal.


     As soon as I read the section about spiritual wrath, I felt as if John of the Cross was writing directly to me. I have been going though this time in my life where I have not been feeling any of the joys or benefits of being in Christ. At the same time, I have been asking myself what I must be doing wrong, and not coming to any real conclusion. I am like the infant he wrote about, throwing a fit for the milk that I once got, all the while not understanding that God is trying to draw me closer to himself. John says that is it impatience. I want God to heal me of my hurt right now. I want to be happy, but what I must need is contentment. I must learn to be satisfied with where God has taken me, knowing that he indeed has a plan for this “dark night.”

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