Waiting in a faithful state can lead to feelings of moral loneliness. I was reminded recently in an article by Ron Rolheiser that Jesus’ passion was a passion of moral loneliness above all, even more so than physical suffering.
Everything Jesus spent His earthly life modeling, believing, and preaching came to a head and was severely tested during His Passion, leading Him to feelings of abandonment by our God. But we know that Easter Sunday did come and God was faithful in the end.
The same is true when you’re waiting for your fruitfulness. You’re endlessly tempted to compromise your morals on the path to your goal. Your faith is severely tested. Is God who He says He is? Will He deliver His promise? Or do I have to take matters into my own hands? Will Easter Sunday ever come?
Let me tell you that your path of waiting for your fruitfulness to come alive is one of your ultimate tests of faith. Can you stand like Jesus in the path of moral loneliness while the world around you tempts you to lesser paths?
As someone who has walked the moral loneliness path for longer than she’s wanted, I can tell you that it’s worth it. No, I don’t yet have the fruitful family I desire, but I haven’t compromised my morals to get it and ultimately, that yields a clean soul and conscience. I’m at peace with that - a deeper peace than the world gives.
Better to have it God’s way and the moral way or not at all, than compromising your faith’s morals to get it.
This is the path of moral loneliness. This is the path of Jesus.
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