Suffering...it is all that it's cracked up to be.
Christ's strength is made perfect...check!
Suffering purifies us...check!
The purification is noticeable in one's life (to himself I mean)...check!
God has huge shoulders on which to cast our every care...check!
There are places (profitable) only suffering can take us...check!
"Things of earth grow strangely dim" through suffering...check!
Regardless of the circumstances, Jesus and I make a majority...check!
The more intense the suffering the more visible Jesus becomes...check!
God's grace is sufficient (to be possessed of unfailing strength)...check!
It is true that when the Lord chooses to purify us through suffering all things change...for good or bad and it is our choice how the change affects us. All that He teaches us through His word about suffering becomes crystal clear! SUFFERING IS FOR OUR GOOD and just as Paul welcomed it (2 Cor. 12:9) so should we.
"In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." - 1 Thess. 5:18
We have such a wonderful God!
Oh how true this is! This is "Mrs. Rachel." Your mom gave me your blog address. Hope you and Brenda are doing well. Blessings! I tried this yesterday and was sure it listed 1 post, but today I see it is not here. So, am trying this again. :)
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