Finally, I processed my suffering through the fact that God never wastes our suffering. As Romans 5:3–5 reminds us, “We know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.” With this in mind, I asked myself these last questions: •What would a healthy version of me be empowered to do from here? •How can this hurt make me better, not worse? •What might God be giving or revealing to me through this that I couldn’t have
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