“Don’t get rid of the pain
until you’ve learned its lessons.
When you hold the pain consciously and trust fully,
you are in a very special liminal space.
This is a great teaching moment
where you have the possibility of breaking through
to a deeper level of faith and consciousness.
Hold the pain of being human
until God transforms you through it.
And then you will be
an instrument of transformation
for others. . . .”
(Richard Rohr, adapted from
The Authority of Those Who Have Suffered)
That’s what 2 Corinthians 1:4 is about:
“[God] comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us” (NLT).
That’s what your memoir can do for others.
How amazing is that?!
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