Wrongful Suffering

For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God. But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.”  1 Peter 2:19-22

Jesus was sinless, and yet He suffered worst if all. In order to be like Christ, unjustified suffering in a His name may be on the docket for my life. Know that this is the walk of a follower of Christ and you WILL be rewarded. This reminds me of a situation I’m am currently in with a friend who has had so few positive encounters without Christian people. I know God has called on me to be a witness, but some of the jabs and accusations toward my faith make me weary. I need to be patient, endure, and reflect the love of Christ always.

Joyce Meyer says in her book Battlefield of the Mind, “It is not suffering that glorifies God, but a godly attitude in suffering that pleases Him and brings glory to Him.”

1 Peter 2:19-20 reminds me that there is a reason for the suffering, and that God’s plan is sovereign to the end. My patience is required to achieve His goal and to give Him glory.

Dr. Dobson quotation on accepting your partners flaws

“Change what can be altered, explain what can be understood, teach what can be learned, revise what can be improved, resolve what can be settled, and negotiate what is open to compromise.

Then determine to accept the rest.” ~Dr. James Dobson