I’ve thought recently about suffering, and I don’t think I’m doing it right. I’ve been in the ministry for a good while now and I know the verses that I’m supposed to know. Romans 5:3-5 says that we are to rejoice in suffering because suffering produces endurance and character and hope. James 1:2-4 says that we are to count it all joy when we suffer because suffering tests our faith and that produces steadfastness and that makes us perfect and complete. Even Jesus tells us in his Sermon on the Mount that we are blessed when we suffer, and we are to rejoice when we suffer because our reward will be great.
I know these things. I really do. Continue reading