Life is full of ups and downs, but everyday is a new life to a wise man.
We embrace suffering because our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ suffered for us.
This doesn't man suffering is fun, it sucks! But this is how we grow as people.
As we struggle and suffer we realize our need for God.
Romans 5:3-4 We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.
It's so easy to go through rough times in life and forget that we have a God that loves us. It's so easy to turn our suffering inward and to fester in our misery and forget about the suffering Jesus endured on our behalf.
Matthew 27:46 My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
But even in the darkest of hours, the worst of suffering, there was light at the end of the suffering. God didn't forsake Jesus, he resurrected him from the dead so that those he has elected by grace through faith might overcome suffering, too.
Jesus reveals the Good News for those who endure their suffering:
Matthew 28:18-19 I have been give complete authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.
All glory to God!
God bless.
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