It is funny when people go through some difficulty or suffering, and there does not exist a prescription to over come it. In these hours only we rest with two options: fight or flee. I confess that I have lived a difficult time in my life. It is not important to speak of the situation, because this is not the most important. I know the size of the pain and it is more than I can try to express with some word, it is not capable of describing that which is in me.
I resolve to write because I imagine that also there exists another person in this world also passing through some difficulty. Know that you are not alone nor are you the greatest sufferer. Therefore do not betray your soul to sadness. You can cry, you can remain amongst the withered. But our life is more than this pain, it is not the same.
There exists good in this life. This has been my daily exercise. Look at the good things and remain with them. Come thinking of pain, of situation lived. The why’s come I am passing through this… And praying, Only I see this road, blessing. It has not been easy, no, It is an exercise. All days I go to the chapel and speaking with Jesus, I come blessing the Father of Heaven for that which I live up to now.
I do not know if this can help you, but it has helped me a lot. I remember when I went to a prayer group and always they said free praise. This is made real in my life. Even you may have a motive to thank, to be thankful. “Because in praise, He acts, transforming our hearts…” Pray for me, in order that I may continue to live this and I pray for you. We are together. The Church makes us brothers.
Mariana Rosa Simões Santo
Canção Nova (New Song) Missionary
Translated from Portuguese