Pain, who has time for it? Suffering, testings and trials, who has patience for any of that?

Are you hurtin’ today?

Sorry ‘bout that. Hate that! I do, need some prayer (msg me and I will for you)? Listen, we don’t seek for it, we don’t want to cause it, we never really want it for ourselves, but in Christ when He allows it into our lives “...suffering can actually lead to greater witness, to a greater ministry and to a greater glory.”

“For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.” 2 Corinthians 1:5

Suffering doesn't make people change, but it sometimes makes it easier for people to change. Most people who come to and get right with God through Christ.. do so during hard things, during times of pain, during periods of testing that we don’t like. 

It’s weird-religious when individuals or groups seek to glorify God by intentionally causing their bodies..themselves suffering. Today for control, many sadly without even the strange religious reasons.. willfully slice and cause themselves suffering. Stop it, repent and let’s grow up in Christ. 

Saints and sinners do suffer here. Duh. Why should sinners suffer and saved sinners not suffer here? Christians suffer differently, and God uses this to point others to the One who can easily comfort people. Yup, to the Lord and He sometimes allows the suffering now. 

If you are seeking to do what’s right and even elevate others from their pain and problems here, then you will suffer during this life. Not in the next.. later away in heaven or in the millennium back here on earth. 

With other sinners and being myself a sinner, it’s gunna happen. “To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.” 1 Peter 2:21

Let Jesus show you today what to do when suffering. Let Him comfort and lead you. Come to Him as you are, and get real with Him about it all. Hey, now is good.  

“Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.” Isaiah 53:4. Read more in context.

Originally posted by stimulatedman

“ I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death.” Philippians 3:10 Facebook.com/shareJesus