Motherly Wisdom
‘Suffering should not make us bitter people,’ my mother once said, ‘it should make us better comforters.’ (Billy Graham)
Suffering is Universal
External pressures will either destroy us, or make us better.
I suspect that’s why God doesn’t wrap believers up in bubble-wrap. Instead, He allows us to experience the same suffering and loss which plagues the rest of humanity. He’s not interested in prevent us us from being hurt. Instead God wants to change us. To mold us into the image of Jesus.
The way we respond to our hard times is key. Suffering will either cause our light to shine brighter or plunge our lives into crippling darkness.
And our choices make the difference.
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Below is a related post from January 2016.
Coal dust or a diamond in God’s kingdom—which would you like to be?
Joseph did three things during his slavery, betrayal and imprisonment that stopped him from being crushed by his circumstances. Instead, it changed Jacob’s younger son into a spiritual giant.
