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Suffering is joyous in light of Charity. I am in no hurry to shed this life, it's toilsome, but we know it's beautiful, because with all this toil we do by the help of Christ, I believe we are privy to plenteous harvest; and I think if we look around us we can see the bounty thereof for ourselves--slowly strickling through. Consider all the things that are radiant that we get to forge because of some long-suffering devotion.--It's gratifying, my friend. A fallen world where the presence of Jesus is is, is Heaven to those who are confident He is there. In many ways as I experience it,--though it would be better to see Him face-to-face,--I have no inclination to count this life as being anything other than Heaven. Because this life is salvation already at hand,--I'm 'Born Again,'--have the sacraments in my soul--at work. Heaven is where Jesus is, hell is where Jesus is not. Why would I forgo my numbered days of receiving my lot with Jesus in this Earthly-manner?--And by what, committing a sort-of suicide? No it's a waste of God's gift. You contrarian, you.--Listen.

I'm not getting off my journey with Jesus for nobody. I'm sojourning here, where things taste bitter, to rejoice precisely here, sharing the Good News, with poor souls like myself. I don't wish to be elsewhere. Never assert that I do.

Amen