Here’s something we can all agree on: nobody likes suffering. Whether we’re dealing with persecution, sickness, or family difficulties, nobody looks at their lives and says, “Wow, this suffering is fun.”
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Suffering is also universal; we all go through it, which gives us the opportunity to empathize with and comfort each other. But what are we called to do with suffering as we go through it? Jesus’ brother James wrote about it.
“Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness,” he wrote in James 2:2-4. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.”
Wait, what? We’re supposed to be
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