Today I went to an ordination service at our local cathedral, there were seven people being ordained, Six priests (one is presently our curate) and one deacon - who was so short that when she went forward to be ordained, I was sitting so far back I couldn't see her!Literally!
But when Bishop Carl Cooper was giving the charge to those being ordained priest there was a piece in it about being fulfilled in joy, he said "the life you are undertaking will be one of suffering and ________ but it will be fulfilling if it is lived in joy"or words to that effect, those word have a deep resonance in my soul because they speak to me of reparative suffering being able to offer suffering to God and knowing that He will bless us through it, how great is our God, how wonderful are His blessings, I thank Him that there are so many ways that I see His glory, even in that which seems unattractive and terrible to contemplate.
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