Written by Dave Coffield
“God is far more likely to use pain, suffering, sorrow, grief, troubles, and such to grow us up into the character and image of His Son than He is to use happy times and pleasure. I know what I like better.”
“There is a reason that James says to ‘count it all joy when you encounter various trials’ and Paul says, ‘not only this but we also exult in our tribulations‘. What would it be like to rejoice in the goodness of the Lord in the difficult times that He brings into our lives to accomplish good things in us?”
“The Army has a term I like. ‘Embrace the suck’. The understanding that you will be in environments that are difficult, painful, stressful, etc. You endure it. Hebrews says of Jesus, ‘Who, for the joy set before Him, endured the cross, despising the shame…‘”
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