Immense Suffering and Love: How Love Prevails Through the Hard Times
[love] bears all things...endures all things. Love never fails -1 Corinthians 13:7-8 (NASB) Many sufferings in life try to convince us that we should quit, but the love of God brings endurance that enables us to persevere through all things. As I reflect on the impact of what this means, I clearly realize the many sufferings people endure and are overcome by: relationship strife, persecution, marginalization, unemployment, betrayal, sickness, financial strain, inequality, educational inability, poverty, addiction, imprisonment, and so much more. However, I also realize the sufficiency of God's love in these moments. That God can meet anyone in these moments with his love and empower them to endure and overcome. Romans 5:3-5 illustrates: We also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within