How To Suffer

There are generally two types of suffering that we endure. There is the "good" and the "bad". You may be thinking to yourself that all suffering is bad and we agree. It all feels bad, but our opinions have to be formed on the Word of God and not our emotional perception. The bottom line is that when our hope is in Jesus, then He promises us a future that is so good that our worst day here will seem like nothing. Scripture invites us to look at the hope of our vast inheritance rather than the despair of our temporary loss. We should be focusing on what we have gained in Christ because the temporary losses in life are not remotely worthy of comparison to eternal life with Him.