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LOVE SUFFERS

..." LOVE SUFFERS LONG AND IS KIND ..." I Corinthians 13:4 As children of the Most High God we should be able to endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. Taking no thought for our life or for what we have need of. "...After that you have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you." I Peter 5:10 "IN BRINGING MANY SONS TO GLORY, IT WAS FITTING THAT GOD, FOR WHOM AND THROUGH WHOM EVERYTHING EXISTS, SHOULD MAKE THE AUTHOR OF THEIR SALVATION PERFECT THROUGH SUFFERING. BOTH THE ONE WHO MAKES MEN HOLY AND THOSE WHO ARE MADE HOLY ARE OF THE SAME FAMILY. SO JESUS IS NOT ASHAMED TO CALL THEM BROTHERS." Hebrews 2:10-12 Some suffer, but what do we know about suffering? In our culture we purposefully have to train ourselves to endure even some of the lightest hardships. I have observed that at the slightest amount of static, conflict, disagreement, or differing of opinions, at anything that is causing us even a bit of discomfort