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I know about suffering
because I’ve been there
It comes with a lot of tears
and sleepless nights
It brings trouble in its wake
and danger in its corner
It makes you reflect on the past
with no regard for the present
It turns you to someone you don’t know
or wish you never met
It makes you feel uninterested
and incapable of living
I know about suffering
and I also know that it ends
Mariam Shittu
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Thanks for sharing. Very interesting! What has helped my family and i is avoiding jumping to the rash conclusion that God somehow wants us to suffer or that he is personally testing us. It is true that suffering can bring out the best in us and that the Bible says that the trials God allows can refine our faith.
” Testing refines and strengthens faith, making it “of much greater value than gold.” 1 Peter 1:7
Suffering ends Mariam! Your poem is very encouraging.
Yes it does. Thank you!!!
You’re welcome.
👏👏👏👏👏👏
Nice thought
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