Dr. Zsuzsa Sümegi, who works as a judge, also spoke about perseverance, humility, faith and providence.
"God does not punish: he gives us difficulties, gives us crosses, but he never gives us a burden that we cannot carry" -
he confesses.
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My two brothers and sister were born when my parents were in their twenties, and my sister was killed in a car accident. He was 19 then, and I was born after that. My mother gave birth at the age of 40.
When it was revealed in the village that my mother was carrying a little girl under her heart, the villagers told my father that "God has given your daughter back".
My father followed God's laws unspoken. He lived according to what was written in the Ten Commandments and gave a lot of love to others. My mother was also a humble person, a very loving and cheerful woman. Now, when I look at their photo, I see the brokenness on their faces that was still present in their lives even after I was born. At the same time, I was definitely a consolation for them.
This is how the grief was able to really dissolve, and a new life began.
When I was a child, I also did my share of agricultural work, so I went with my mother to hoe corn and dig potatoes, which were quite hard physical jobs. At home, I also tried to help with the farm. They were also engaged in animal husbandry, so they bred cattle, kept horses, raised pigs and chickens.
My parents have always seen learning as the key to social advancement, since this opportunity was not given to them. My father was able to complete a total of four primary school classes, and when he worked at TSZ, he completed the eight classes and also acquired a heavy machinery operator profession. And my mother had six primary school classes, and she could not continue her studies, since when her children were born, she no longer had the opportunity to do so. I myself felt that I could win the love of the community if I studied well.
I chose the legal career because of my sense of justice.
I thought that here one can really live what is in one's heart. I also saw in my parents' lives that they always helped those they could. I never attributed my success to my own talent, but always felt that God helped me. I always prayed to God that my exams would pass well, that I would have the strength to study, that my parents would see my results. They also lived to see me graduate from university, pass the legal exam and become a court clerk. Unfortunately, they didn't live to see my appointment as a judge and the obtaining of a PhD degree, as well as my marriage, as well as the birth of their grandson, but they saw that my life was going in the right direction.
I was already a court clerk in 2014 when it was discovered that my mother had a serious cancer and that it was caused by an infection that she probably got when I was born. She received blood after the birth and it could have been infected.
When the disease was discovered, the doctors only gave him half a year, and it was very frustrating. I could not accept that there could be no solution, and I asked the Good Lord to heal him. I tried to move every stone, and that required me to be right there with him.
Maybe it's not so common nowadays that people don't put their own career first, but it was clear to me.
So I felt that I owed it to my mother and father to help them in this difficult situation. I was really able to be there and I feel like that mattered. After the disease was discovered, my mother's life was extended considerably, and I think that being there also played a role in this.
When I once entered the Lehel square church and prayed, and I was still very upset because of my mother's illness,
suddenly a dove landed on the altar. I felt that this was also a divine sign that the Good Lord would be with me.
There were very difficult moments, but God always gave us the strength to move on. The nurturing and care of my mother showed the closeness of our relationship. It was also a great tragedy that my father was later found to be ill, and unfortunately the disease took him very quickly, in about two months.
Since my parents died, my faith has deepened.
It is very difficult to understand in faith that our earthly life is only a pilgrimage that takes us on to eternal life. God does not punish:
it gives us difficulties, it gives us crosses, but it never gives us a burden that we cannot bear. Sometimes this thought automatically pops up when something bad happens, why did I get this now, why are you punishing me?, but you don't really need to look for the reasons.
If I had not been in this nursing role with my mother, it is not certain that when I met my husband, Levente, I would have said that we could meet again. He suffered a severe stroke when he was a university student and has an 80 percent health impairment. He works for a multinational company, working in English, he graduated even after the stroke. It is very respectable in his life that even after his serious illness he continued his studies and wanted to work.
His smile and eyes were so sincere that I felt that he was a very good person. He's a much better person than anyone else I've met. That's what got me - and his openness.
With him, there is no question that cannot be discussed - this gives great freedom, that you can live honestly, you don't have to take on roles and pretend to be yourself.
He wasn't scared by this life situation of dating a girl who is grieving, and I think it's because he himself lived with a loss. He had to mourn his health, I had to mourn my parents. For some reason, God led me into this relationship and gifted us with a child.
Having children was postponed due to our age, and after many unsuccessful attempts, we finally managed to get pregnant spontaneously. Medical treatments had already taken place before that. I prayed a lot for the blessing of children, and God blessed us with our little boy named Dániel. We also experienced the blessing of children
human knowledge and human interventions, medical treatments cannot replace the blessing that the Good Lord gives.
Many things popped into my head, wondering why I couldn't get pregnant, why the child wouldn't be conceived. Does the person also wonder at this time that God is planning a different life for me, so that I will not be a mother, but let's say that I can fulfill myself in my work? In the end, the answer was that I became a mother.
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