Devotional : Confidence Through Suffering

 


Recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings, sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated. For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one. Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.

Here is a word of encouragement for those who grieve and for those who seek to comfort them.

Perhaps you or someone you know has faced personal tragedy recently. Perhaps you’ve lost a loved one, and the pain of the loss is so great, so overwhelming, that you’re ready to quit. Perhaps you’re feeling helpless and burdened as you watch your brother or sister in Christ walk the painful road of suffering.

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