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But God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”2 Tim. 2:19,
suffering qualitatively changes. Pain, loss, and weakness are no longer the end of the world and the death of your hopes.
If you are not a Christ follower, then sufferings are omens of the end of your world.
All that you live for will die when you die
The hope of the righteous brings joy, but the expectation of the wicked will perish. Prov. 10: 28.
But when you are in Christ, sufferings become the context to awaken your truest hopes and bring them to fulfillment." -David Powlison
