Episode 1081 “Suffering On Purpose”
Today’s meditation comes from The Book Of First Peter in The New Testament and from the writings of Dean Koontz, with music by Lincoln Davis.
Passage: If Christ suffered, so will we. This has a purpose. For in our suffering, we learn to live for God’s will, rather than for our own. —1 Peter 4:1-2
Perspective: Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it, we would have no compassion for others, and we would become monsters of self-regard, creatures of unalloyed self-interest. The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our prideful kind, has the power to soften uncaring hearts, to make a better person of a good one. ―Dean Koontz
Music: “Afternoon” by Lincoln Davis
Narrator: Ryan Phipps