Why Suffering Isn't Really Suffering
I cannot get enough of the book, "Hind's Feet On High Places." I started reading it again, even though I just finished it months ago. I seriously recommend the book to everyone; it doesn't matter what your life looks like or how your walk with God is going. The book is beneficial to everyone.On my quest to find more books by Hannah Hurnard, I stumbled upon the book, "A Journey to the High Places." I came across a quote that immediately made me want to purchase the book:
"You purposely allow us to be brought into contact with the bad and evil things that You want changed. Perhaps that is the very reason why we are here in this world, where sin and sorrow and suffering and evil abound, so that we may let You teach us so to react with them, that out of them we can create lovely qualities to live forever. That is the only really satisfactory way of dealing with evil, not simply binding it so that it cannot work harm, but whenever possible, overcoming it with good."
Isn't this quote just lovely? God purposely placed us here to change the evils in the world. He is teaching us through every step how to be more like Christ. So, is our suffering really suffering?
It reminds me of the song, "Though You Slay Me," by Shane and Shane. There is a brief sermon perfectly snuggled in the middle by Mr. John Piper. The words he speaks pierces my heart each time I listen to it.
How absolutely beautiful! This song is so worth listening to.
Our suffering is producing something beautiful within us that God will use for His glory. Suffering for Christ is the best kind of suffering.
"We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."
-Romans 5:3-5
