The purpose of suffering
We like comfort. No one likes to hurt, be in pain. We want to avoid it at all costs. Yet as Christians, we are called to suffer as Christ did. What does this mean in day to day life? It's not like we're looking to get hurt - that would be masochism. No. But we are on a different path from the world, to say the least. Our tastes have been transformed, if we have progressed with Jesus to any extent. What the world finds fulfilling, we do not. We are no longer attracted to sin. We have renounced our pride, even though it may still rear its ugly head now and then. We have renounced "making our own way." We follow Christ, His way. How is this diametrically opposed to the unbeliever's lot in life? Simple. Christ calls the shots. We follow and obey. This is not giving up our adulthood, our responsibilities, and following without our faculties. No. It is a decision we make. We choose to trust Christ more than ourselves. We choose to trust Christ more tha