[satjas]

Hey JoeNM

>The plans of the Lord were not being frustrated, however.
>Before conditions would get better for His children, God
>tested them by allowing their suffering to increase.

Just read that again very very slowly and think whether you would ever do that to your kids? It is stories like these that give God the image of a tyrannical, self-seeking slave driver and sadist........would you joenm put your kids through hell just to test their loyalty and love for you? Has it ever dawned on you that these are simply myths? Obviously not, sorry.

>It's always darkest before the dawn.

day and night is a relative thing........this here has another meaning......that when things seem gray might be an advent of better things to come...........but an even deeper meaning is sustained in it - that when your mind starts realizing itself, it will be so muddled up with thoughts that will spell doom , but upon realization of self the illumination of knowledge will reign......and what is that illumination? God!!!

-the paradigm shifter......God's friend.

The soul is that which beholds beauty even when the mind denies it.