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Suffering is a Gift
What would it look like if the driving factor in our choices was not to avoid suffering?
Being betrayed by the emotionally immature? That would be an opportunity to display grace and loyalty, not an offense to recover from.
Turning the other cheek when someone slaps you in the face? That would be a chance to pronounce a blessing on them, not hit them back.
Why? Because we’re delighted to suffer—if our suffering has even the slightest potential of drawing someone else into closer orbit with the ways of Jesus.