“But may the God of all grace,
who called us to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus,
after you have suffered a while,
perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.”
1st Peter 5:10

“…after you have suffered a while …”

Suffering is very much a part of our walk with the Lord, but it’s not suffering for suffering’s sake. Some people in various religions actually flagellate themselves with whips or climb stairs of stone on their knees, thinking they’re gaining points with God by humbling themselves through pain. No, those rituals are useless and actually counterproductive. God who created each unique individual, alone chooses the elements in life that will mold them and change them into what they were meant to be.

Nothing touches a believer that has not passed through the loving Creator’s hands and watched over by his eye. Therefore, don’t resist it. Pray for a purified heart. Ask for GRACE TO COOPERATE with him, knowing that he is accomplishing in you an eternal weight of glory. These sufferings will be behind us, but the joy of eternity is forever.

“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment,
is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal
weight of glory, while we do not look at the things
which are seen, but at the things which are not seen.
For the things which are seen are temporary,
but the things which are not seen are eternal.”
2nd Corinthians 4:17-18

Remember always that God uses our trials to bring about something of so much value that had you understood, you never would have resisted.

“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time
ARE NOT WORTHY TO BE COMPARED
with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”
Romans 8:18