Sufferings only lead to Perfection

I'm not sure to what extent do you agree with my statement. Everyday of the year, people suffer persecution, abuse, harrasments, and even emotional unstability. The sufferings only add up to eternal unhappiness and agony. However, to us Christians, we need to know that sufferings only lead to perfection. How? Of course, through the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and even years of suffering, we learn to grow wiser and much more faithful in God. We learn to seek God in terms of the sufferings we are cast into and we learn to understand the purpose of life through sufferings and also the will of God. Most importantly, we learn how to achieve the will of God through sufferings and it only sums up to perfection and justification in the eyes of the Lord.

Let's see it in a 'down to earth' manner. We suffer almost everyday in life. Sufferings come in any corner we turn to, in any places we step foot on and by meeting people and learning how to live with them. However, what we do not know is that, we suffer and the more we do, the more we learn. We do not just learn from the mistakes we make, but we learn from the agony gain in difficulties and obstacles we face. At the end of the day, we learn how to cope with these difficulties and it only contributes to perfection.

Ah well, noone in this world is perfect. No one, but still, there are so-called 'perfect' situation and 'perfect' handling. It only leads us to understand how well we deal with our problems and how far we can go to find solutions to it. And when the time comes, you'll be a guru for handling your own problems.

I learn well from pastor Neil Patterson today during church when he speaks of wisdom, truth, knowledge and sufferings. I pretty much agree wholly to his statement on 'Sufferings only lead to Perfection'. As i drove down to Sunway to meet up with Zeck, my mind was recalling on the sermon that Patterson gave and somehow, i learnt a lesson which i should have learnt ages ago, and that is... look to the Lord everyday for a better plan tomorrow. To me, it just means that, sufferings only make me understand how important it is to live life searching for solutions with the aiding of the Lord's supervision. By prayer only can i know what God has planned for me.