STORY : Suffering As A Sign Of Love by Jewish Folklore

Story title: Suffering As A Sign Of Love
By: Jewish Folklore

    Two Jews once came to a small town rabbi and told him, " Our wise men at home have told us something that keeps bothering us because we can't understand what it means. They keep saying that we must with equal joy receive both the good and the evil which God sends. Tell us, rabbi, how can we possibly do such a thing?"
     "Well, I'll tell you, "answered the rabbi. "Just go over to the and told him their problem. He laid his
pipe down on the table, smiled, and told the two of them, "I'm the last person on earth you should have asked that question.  You should really have gone to someone else. I'm not qualified to answer that question because I've never gotten anything evil from God's hand."
      The two of them, however, knew for a fact that this old rabbi's life had actually been one long struggle with pain and need.
       But now they understood what it meant to see suffering as a sign of love.