I thought it would be good to take a quick moment to add an addendum or quote to my theology bank of how people change. a quote from the Dan Allendar book, Wounded Heart:

“Real life requires death. Death involves the experience of suffering. Suffering is required for growth. Even the Son of God was required to suffer in order to enter the fulfillment of His maturity and mission:

In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, whould make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering…although he was a son, [Jesus] learned obedience from what he suffered and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him. (Hebrew 2:10; 5:8-9)

Suffering is equally necessary for us because it strips away the prescence that life is reasonable and good, a pretense that keeps us looking in all the wrong places for the satisfaction of our souls.”

I love and hate this quote.

First, I hate this quote simply because it says “suffering is necessary for growth”. I love this quote because I know that this must mean that we live is a world where we can grow.

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