topic: John of the Cross and Unending Depths alias: tags:#permanent-note#john-of-the-cross#abandonment#on/depression
My writing (250-300 words)
In 1577, at the age of 35, John of the Cross was thrown into a prison.
He was trying to reform his Carmelite order. But not everyone agreed with the changes he was tyring to make. So they tried to get rid of him.
There in that prison- he sat in darkness. Cold, in pain, and tortured by his own spiritual brothers. Doubt started to enter into his mind.
“What happened to God?” “Why am I suffering- as I try to do good?” “Why should I go on believing?”
Everything he knew didn’t make sense anymore.
I feel like I have this experience a lot.
I’m suffering unjustly. I’m being punished and tortured even though I’m a good person and trying to do the right thing. In the moment