Finding Spiritual Growth in Discomfort

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Here’s my heart today: Comfort is not always a great criteria. We often need to embrace discomfort. I turn to Abraham and the tender work of burying loved ones, and I hear the Lord’s call, “let the dead bury their dead,” which for me means letting old seasons complete so a new one can breathe. Regeneration uses hard stretches. Swedenborg teaches that burial represents rising again, a passage into new life, which gives me courage to allow the space, to take a breath, and to sit with grief without rushing to fix it. We are designed for change. The spirit brightens as the body ages, and in heaven there is an eternal increase. So I practice small risks and honest conversations, even the awkward five minutes at a social event, because we are made more for journey than arrival. When pain signals, I listen. When silence deepens, I pray, “Be still and know,” and I simply allow the discomfort to be there, trusting God to lead growth through the very places I’d rather avoid.