BE PREPARED TO SUFFER FOR ME, in My Name. All suffering has meaning in My kingdom. Pain and problems are opportunities to demonstrate your trust in Me. Bearing your circumstances bravely–even thanking Me for them–is one of the highest forms of praise. This sacrifice of thanksgiving rings golden-toned bells of joy throughout heavenly realms. On earth also, your patient suffering sends out ripples of good tidings in ever-widening circles.
When suffering strikes, remember that I am sovereign and that I can bring good out of everything. Do not try to run from pain or hide from problems. Instead, accept adversity in My Name, offering it up to Me for My purposes. Thus, your suffering gains meaning and draws you closer to Me. Joy emerges from the ashes of adversity through your trust and thankfulness.
James 1:2-4 Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
Psalm 107:21-22 Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men. Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of his works with songs of joy.
Michael & Alison Smitherman
The Singing NetSurfers
I will sing to my Lord as long as I live, I will sing
praise to my God while I have my being.
It is the natural instinct of every living thing to avoid suffering and trauma. There is nothing wrong with that and in fact, that instinct is critical to survival. The key to suffering and trauma, when it does enter our lives is how we view and handle suffering.
Wen we view it as a way to express true faith through praise and thanks to God, the blessing(s) hidden within the pain emerge. Then we can see the good that comes from our suffering and perseverance. These in turn propel us further along the path of spiritual maturity. Along that path, and at it’s end, are joy, peace and oneness with our creator.
Giving thanks,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
Thank you for posting this… very powerful.