To Be Like Christ

Suffering is just part of life.
            Not some surprise
                        In-your-back knife. 

Suffering keeps ego at bay.
            At times, it heals
                        Or, opens a way.

Suffering comes to one and all—
            To parents and children,
                        Great and small. 

Suffering shows me Satan’s schemes:
            To lie, to kill,
                        To steal my dreams. ¹ 

Suffering makes me seek from above—
            God’s power, presence,
                        Wisdom, love. ²  

Sufferers know, He has overcome!  
            The battle is over,
                        And, Jesus won! ³ 

Look past the feelings of pain and woe.
            To be like Christ,
                        Sufferings must show. ⁴

1. John 10:10

2. James 1:2-5

3. John 16:33

4. Romans 8:17

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