Learning Through Suffering
I received this in an email and was urged to share it with you especially since I wrote about this topic a lot last year. What do we learn through suffering? Perspective: Suffering is Only for a “Little While” There are two things Peter wants to say about suffering: First of all, it’s only for a little while. He’s going to say that we need to get a perspective on things. Remember we are not living with our heads down, we are living as people looking forward to the hope that lies before us and home to where our real inheritance is. If we’re suffering here and now, it’s just for a little while. Part of Peter’s answer to the problem of suffering is getting it in an eternal perspective. He’s going to say the same thing in 5:10, “After you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.” If we’re living as Christians with our heads up to our future hope, then we c...