Experience Is Required, But Suffering Is Optional "I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings, which are for your growth." Ephesians 3:13 KSB Experience is required, but suffering is optional. No one walks through life without encountering experiences. These moments are designed to help us learn, grow, unfold, and become. However, you do not have to suffer while you're going through them. Pain is not a prerequisite for transformation. Today, I want to help you understand the difference between having an experience and enduring suffering. It all comes down to your perception, how you view and interpret what's happening determines whether you’re just experiencing life or needlessly suffering through it. Jesus said to John at His baptism, “Suffer it to be so now,” which simply meant, allow it to happen. Allow the experience. But He wasn't saying to suffer in pain. You can allow the process without guilt, shame, co...
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