I learned His statues, I kept His word, because I needed it to survive. It was good for me to go through that, because I saw God’s Word in a different light. I was a Christian, but I’d never needed God the way I did after I was abandoned and rejected by my husband. Before I was afflicted by this particular suffering, I went astray. My relationship with God after that season in my life was never the same-it was better. I got to experience this truth firsthand after an unwanted divorce. Psalm 119:71 (ESV) It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes. Psalm 119:67 (ESV) Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep Your word. Consider what the psalmist said in Psalm 119. Of course, the same principles apply to the bigger storms we experience, as well. Ultimately, it’s for our good and God’s glory. Choose to apply Biblical wisdom to those, too, because it’s all for a purpose. It’s losing someone we love to death, and it’s losing someone we love to a fight or conflict.ĭon’t write off the smaller hard things in your life. It’s chronic illness and it’s a temporary sinus infection. Suffering is persecution for your faith, but it’s also a struggling bank account. But most of the time, it looks a lot more like daily frustrations and trials. In some seasons of our lives, this could mean a big event, loss, or grief. According to the dictionary, suffering is defined as: the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship. Today, I realize that suffering counts in a lot of different ways.
I assumed it had to be something huge and life-changing to even “count”, and who wanted to think about things like that? I tended to avoid verses like those instead, and just hope that the Lord would “take it easy on me.” I also was confused about the true definition of suffering. I wanted to believe and experience those promises, but at the same time, deep down in my heart, I was afraid that suffering wasn’t quite worth it after all. I used to read verses like Romans 5:3-4 and squirm in my seat. Today’s Bible Verse is Romans 5:3-4: Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope… Your Suffering Is Never Wasted ( Romans 5:3-4)
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