The heart is the real battleground during suffering, and it deserves your utmost attention. As you learn how to put your hope in Christ, your work reaps eternal benefits. But that isn’t all. Since you are a hybrid consisting of both physical and spiritual, your physical body can respond to your spiritual growth. In other words, as the Spirit, Scripture, and wise people guide you, you might feel lighter (2 Cor. 4:16–18). Your pain won’t have the same devastating power.
