Sharing the life of Christ together takes a lot of humility and brokeness, things that can only come from the Lord. Yet it is a heart after God that enables us to open up to Him doing this work within us, and living His life through us.
A willingness to take everything as coming from the hand of God is one of the 
attributes that come along with this.
attributes that come along with this. What this does is keep our hearts open before God and with one another. A hard heart is possibly the greatest enemy against our allowing Him to live His life within and through us.
One of the jobs we have as the people of God is to continually remind and watch out for one another that hardness and bitterness doesn't enter within us and find a home. It can devastate everything that the Lord wants to do within us if we resist Him.
All we can do is continually be open before Him whether it is painful, joyful, happy or sad. As long as He is there with us - which He is - nothing else really matters. That He is there is enough.
He is more than willing and able to renew a right heart and spirit within us. Just trust that He will, and leave it in His hands.
I'm glad that something written here applies to your life. And it is great that he's alive!
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