C.S. Lewis – “If you think of this world as a place intended simply for our happiness, you find it quite intolerable: think of it as a place of training and correction and it’s not so bad.”
Ain’t that the truth! I also like the spiral image…often the lessons seem to be repeats, but they’re at a deeper level. God is so good and kind and compassionate no matter which lesson we’re going through. I’m slooooowly learning some compassion when I meet with people who are also repeating lessons and going through painful times.
Mindy Clemons 
Your post is very good food for thought. Please have a blessed day.
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I should think of my time on earth, then, as one big tennis lesson! (Lots of correction going on in those :-))
Yes!! Alternatively encouraging and correcting. I always say that my goal is to be a quick learner. Hate to repeat lessons!
Ain’t that the truth! I also like the spiral image…often the lessons seem to be repeats, but they’re at a deeper level. God is so good and kind and compassionate no matter which lesson we’re going through. I’m slooooowly learning some compassion when I meet with people who are also repeating lessons and going through painful times.