tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post1492028828234306423..comments2024-03-22T17:35:52.045-04:00Comments on Extra Thoughts: Hymn of the Week--Must Jesus Bear the Cross AloneLydia McGrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-78587058936036901032007-09-12T02:22:00.000-04:002007-09-12T02:22:00.000-04:00Yeah, Newman once said that suffering is liable to...Yeah, Newman once said that suffering is liable to make a bad man worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-45626914336365101572007-09-10T19:06:00.000-04:002007-09-10T19:06:00.000-04:00Exactly. I think that for my children, as for myse...Exactly. I think that for my children, as for myself, I secretly hope that they can become saints with only the most minor of suffering.<BR/><BR/>Now, I will say this much in my defense: I find that suffering can have the opposite of the effect of sanctifying. It can cause the loss of a soul. One can say that this is a matter of how the person takes the suffering. True enough. But humans are frail. I suppose one thing that frightens me about the idea of my children's suffering is that their (or their own children's) souls might be imperiled by the attendant circumstances--divorce, for example.Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20704380.post-30753266470289056382007-09-10T16:11:00.000-04:002007-09-10T16:11:00.000-04:00It's funny how we want our kids to be saints, but ...It's funny how we want our kids to be saints, but don't want them to suffer in the least. We can't bear the thought of seeing it. I'd like to think mine are so good they can skate through untouched. But nobody's that good, I guess. And besides, the rain falls, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com