Revealed By Suffering

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What does your suffering reveal? Does your suffering have purpose?

Suffering is an inevitable reality of living in a broken world. Seldom can we escape suffering in this life.

Suffering does not have to be meaningless, nor does it need to lead us into despair or hopelessness.

Suffering can be revealing, and can have deep meaning and purpose in our lives.

The Apostle Paul instructed the church in Rome with this truth in his letter, writing, “The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.” (Romans 8:16-17, ESV).

Our suffering reveals our identity as children of God. When we suffer with Jesus, we experience the glory of Jesus.

May our sufferings reveal our identity as children of God as we suffer with Jesus and as we are glorified with him.

A Collect for Tuesday of Holy Week: “O Lord our God, whose blessed Son gave his back to be whipped and did not hide his face from shame and spitting: Give us grace to accept joyfully the sufferings of the present time, confident of the glory that shall be revealed; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).

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