Redeem suffering

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God Brings Us Suffering for Others’ Sake

God means for us to not let our suffering become an excuse to keep our weakness hidden or to just focus on ourselves. Rather, we show a beautiful display of the gospel and of the very comfort of Christ as we let others in to see our weakness in order to say Christ’s strength is strong enough for them — their weakness, their pain, their suffering. We beautifully display the goodness of the gospel as we turn our eyes upward to God and then outward to others to be his means of comfort for them. Then, we will redeem our suffering — or better, we will realize one of God’s good purposes for it.

上帝對我們心意，是不讓我們以受苦成為藉口，去隱藏我們的軟弱或是只專注於自己困難。相反，我們讓別人看到自己的軟弱，就能展現福音的真實和基督帶來的安慰，說明基督滿有力量幫助世人，勝過他們的軟弱，痛苦，及苦難。當我們向上定晴於神，向外安慰他人，我們將福音美善的一面展示出來。我們的痛苦是有價值，不是白白承受，我們將能明白上帝於苦難美好的目的。