Testing

Your trials, are not punishments meted out by God,
God does not want you to suffer,
but he cannot spare you the valley of the shadow of death
He can give you everlasting life,
but he cannot keep the shadows from touching you
He can keep the shadows from having power over you
but you must let him
nothing in this life is to punish us
only prepare
everything is a stepping stone
on the path to higher love
but the question is will we stray from the path
whenever despair or descouragement
urges a detour
or will we press on
knowing that we are not punished
merely tested?

Be careful how you live, you may be the only bible some people ever read.....