Suffering Well
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How well are you suffering? Are you suffering for all the right reasons?
We can suffer for the wrong reasons and we can suffer for all the right reasons. We can suffer because of our circumstances. Others can cause us suffering. We can bring suffering upon ourselves.
As followers of Jesus, we are called to suffer well and to suffer for the cause of Christ.
The Apostle Peter wrote this about suffering well: “Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.” (1 Peter 4:16, ESV).
We can suffer boldly and without shame when we suffer well in Jesus’ name.
When we suffer well for the right reasons, we bring glory to God.
May we suffer well bringing glory to God as we live courageously well in the face of hardship.
A Collect for Wednesday in Holy Week: “Assist us mercifully with your grace, Lord God of our salvation, that we may enter with joy upon the meditation of those mighty acts by which you have promised us life and immortality; 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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