Day: July 15, 2014

  “Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape.” ~ Charles Dickens, Great Expectations Suffering has an unexpected consequence. It produces redemption. It teaches you to understand, as Dickens wrote, what “your heart used to be.” That is what redemption is – becoming more of what “your heart used to be.” Combine those sentences and you get: Suffering produces redemption. This is a… Continue reading Redemption: The Unexpected Consequence of Suffering