We must all learn to suffer well because each of us will experience the absence of pleasant things needed by the body and the presence of painful remorse, that unpleasant but beneficial godly sorrow that our spirits must embrace. We must also teach ourselves self-control for two reasons: so that we don’t lust after the wonderful necessities of life and so that we don’t rejoice too much in the absence of unpleasant but soul-nourishing godly sorrow.
