Do you "suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous Fortune?" That's a tragedy. If our pains have no purpose - or if we don't realize their purpose - then we lose twice. We lose our comfort now, and later we'll miss the benefit that the exercise is designed to produce. Yesterday Pastor Jim began to give us Step 1 to having Hope When it Hurts. We'll rewind a bit, then we'll talk about the sad alternative: what happens if we reject the hope God offers us? We're in Hebrews, chapter 12.

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