What if suffering is needed for spiritual health?
You know the saying- if life gives you a lemon make a lemonade, that is make the best of what life throws at you. Lemons might irritate the eyes and make you cry but they do give a tasty drink with lots of Vitamin C.
I know it is a joke but it's true- without Vitamin C (provided by lemons and other foods), you'll develop scurvy.
What if suffering plays the same role in our spiritual life? Without suffering, we will develop spiritual scurvy.
James 1:2-4
[2]Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,
[3]knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
[4]And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
To be "perfect and complete" and to "lack in nothing," you need to "encounter various trials." Without the trials, you won't develop "endurance." You will give up in the first sign of suffering and you will not grow into maturity.
We should be glad when we encounter trials. Just make sure it is not self-induced misery.
Manatiling nakapokus sa biyaya. Huwag ninyong hayaang nakawin ng mga huwad na guro ang inyong karapatang mag-isip ng doktrina.
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