Trial By Fire by Rev. Paul Gonyea

The idea that we are constantly being tested by God is one of the most limiting ideas the human race has ever bought into. While it’s true that most of us encounter some kind of suffering during our life, it’s time that we stopped seeing that suffering as something noble or necessary, because Life is not an adversarial relationship. We are not here to fight against our desires, or to suffer great pain so that we can become more spiritual. We are not here to deny our own sexuality, to stay poor, or to give up everything we own so someone else can think better of us. We are here to understand our true relationship with God, and our true relationship with Life. And there is no reason at all why we can’t enjoy ourselves immensely while we’re doing it.