“If you suffer for being a Christian, don’t consider it a disgrace but a privilege. Glorify God because you carry the Anointed One’s name.”1 Peter 4:16 TPT
In John 9:1-3 we see the disciples ask Jesus ‘who sinned that this man was born blind, was it him or his parents?’ Jesus said neither, this was so the glory of God might be displayed!’ We can so easily judge someone who is suffering and assume they have done something wrong. It is easy to judge and even mock those who suffer.
In our ease and complacency we can become hard to the suffering of others. However, God alone knows the full truth.
In 1 Peter 4:15 Peter admonishes the readers of his epistle not to suffer because of wrong doing, but rather righteousness. If we suffer because of our own foolishness then we have ourselves to blame but if we suffer for Christ then we can rejoice. Amen!
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