I wonder if we are given to assume that our suffering and trials are meaningless. Jesus, out of his great love gladly suffered for us, so I wonder if we struggle to remember and believe the truth that love is what animates us, what gives us life, what sustains us.

This is inspired by the seventy-third chapter of Julian of Norwich's long text, Revelations of Divine Love.

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