Eternal Vet

C.S. Lewis A Grief Observed

"Two Widely different convictions press more and more on my mind. One is that the Eternal Vet is even more inexorable and the possible operations even more painful than our severest imaginings can forbode. But the other, that 'all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.'"

^{Ecclesiastes 2:17} "So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. ¹⁸ I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me."

^{Daniel 12:10} Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.

Is it that for some people the suffering/work/toil is refinement but for some people it is only suffering.

If you believe in a loving God that cares about us and loves us more than we can imagine.

If you believe he is outside time and sees the beginning and the end at the same instant

If you believe he is creator of all and has power over all

If our eternal soul is worth more than anything

If we believe that trials and challenges bring about refinement in us and make us better or make our eternal soul better 

Would then God (the Eternal Vet) spare us some trouble at the expense of our eternal soul?

No I believe he is the diligent Vet/Saviour/God who will focus at all cost till the wrong is righted. No mater what his patient does or say.