Are you suffering? Before you answer that let me ask you a different question. What is suffering from God's point of view. Is a person being persecuted for his or her faith suffering? Is a person suffering who dropped and broke their cell phone? Is suffering a person battling a terminal illness? Is suffering not getting the Christmas bonus you hoped for? Is suffering living in a cramped house. Is suffering living on the streets with no place to stay cool in the summer and warm in the winter?
Is suffering not being able to get the latest video game system to play the latest version of Call of Duty? Is suffering being wounded and disabled in war defending freedom? Is suffering being irritated with a spouse over a petty quarrel? Is suffering getting served with divorce papers or making a trip to the funeral home to make arrangements for a dead spouse?
Is suffering driving vehicles with high mileage? Is suffering walking multiple miles up and down mountain dirt trails just to get to the closest market because you have no access to automotive transportation? Is suffering having a job where the work is hard and the wages are low? Is suffering being unemployed and not being able to find a job to provide for your family?
Is suffering going into your closet and not finding anything to wear because things are out of fashion or they don't fit anymore? Is suffering having only one suit of thread bare clothes to wear stinking and soiled and worn shoes taped to hold them together?
Is suffering serving in some obscure ministry with less than desirable people? Is suffering risking your life and the lives of your family everyday to share the gospel?
What is suffering? From God's perspective how many are really suffering? Now, in comparison to what Jesus endured on the cross are we suffering?
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