***** “spiritually highly profitable times” ******
Times of Stress, small or great have always been spiritual with me, not like I’m not spiritual the rest of the time... I just do not see any good side of this coin.
Now I see the Darkness and my Faith is the only thing that keeps me from getting sucked into that Hole / The Abyss of Darkness and Despair.
Do not Surrender! Never... Ever... Give Up!
(I always think of the Frog in the Cranes Beak... strangling the Crane that is trying to swallow him... “Ain’t gonna happen Sport”)
TT
Well, it’s because we’re habitually so dull, that God often has to let darkness loom in order to encourage us to flee to the light. We become satisfied with the world’s lullabies. When that turns to hate grunge, then we aren’t satisfied anymore!