Rejoicing in Suffering

Like you, I’ve gone through sufferings and hard times and I will again I’m sure. But are we rejoicing in our sufferings?Here’s a great quote by CS Lewis, “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain. It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” “Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,”Romans 5:3 But why rejoice when we are suffering? It make no sense. Why not be angry and complain? Well, because God says so...God is saying to us to rejoice when we suffer. That may sound crazy, but that’s what God calls you to do. Rejoice when you experience a setback, a disappointment, a heartache. Rejoice when you have car trouble or the refrigerator goes out. Rejoice when you have back pain, when you hear the diagnosis of cancer, when you lose a family member. These are so hard, I know because it’s still fresh for me. But rejoice, not because of those things, but in those things. Take joy. Choose to rejoice, to give praise, to give thanks. Don’t complain or grumble or whine. Look, I still do initially, but I find my way through it and find His grace. I think we can if we look. But we have to condition ourselves TO LOOK. We have to seek God’s Grace in every circumstance. Be nice. Grace Wins.