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Beyond Pain: Harnessing Spiritual Growth from Suffering

Beyond Pain: Harnessing Spiritual Growth from Suffering

How suffering from a nasty upper respiratory is giving me life lessons and drawing me closer to God.

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Gina-Marie Cheeseman
Jan 10, 2024
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“Each time you offer the surrender, each time you trust the dying, your faith is led to a deeper level of discovery of a larger self.” Richard Rohr, The Universal Christ

On Black Friday, that ubiquitous day after Thanksgiving, I started feeling sick. Although it was a mild virus, a lingering cough continued and started dissipating a few days before New Y…

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