C. S. Lewis said, “Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” The Lord strategically uses our suffering. It is never wasted. 

He is our example of endurance while suffering. Hebrews 12: 2 says, “…who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame…” Eternal life with Him is our joy.

In Romans 5:3, Paul gave great instruction for enduring. The Amplified says, “Moreover (let us also be full of joy now!) let us exult and triumph in our troubles and rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that pressure and affliction and hardship produce patient and unswerving endurance.”

2 Corinthians 4:17-18. We endure by looking beyond our temporary ‘light affliction’ to the things that are not seen. Hope ~ the anchor of our soul.