Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because 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. Romans 5:3-5
“We are apt to think that everything that happens to us is to be turned into useful teaching; it is to be turned into something better than teaching, namely into character. We shall find that the spheres God brings us into are not meant to teach us something but to make us something.”
Oswald Chambers in The Love of God: An Intimate Look at the Father-Heart of God (Grand Rapids: Discovery House, 1988).
Father in heaven, we worship You today and thank You for Your love that You generously pour into our hearts through the Holy Spirit on good days and bad, to “make us something,” conduits of Your love who reflect Your character in the spheres where You lead us. Receive our praise in the name of Jesus. Amen.