Followers of Christ suffer just like everyone else. The pain is just as real, the disappointment just as deep the tears just as profound. Yet how we face suffering is quite different. God allows us to see through the suffering. We rejoice in our sufferings knowing our pain is not without meaning. We persevere in the confidence that we ourselves are being transformed. Perseverance produces character, and character, hope. And hope, we will discover, is the ultimate gift gained in wisdom. –Erwin McManus, Uprising
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