This is the Way 6

Jesus once said, “In this world you will have trouble.” Pain and suffering are inevitable in this life. Often, when we begin to practice the disciplines, the unhealed wounds of a lifetime rise to the surface of our hearts. Everything in us wants to run in the opposite direction — to deny, detach, or drug our pain. But the invitation of Jesus is to meet him in our pain, and let it become the crucible of our formation.