Barry covers a “commandment” that may be the most juxtaposed to our culture. While we wouldn’t expect to be grateful for suffering (as that would necessitate a change to the word’s definition) we can be grateful for our endurance of it. Barry talks us through this maxim with material, spiritual, social, and aesthetic examples to help us put it into practice.
Scriptures:
- Ps 103:8-10, 8:3-4
- 1 Thess 5:18
- Eph 5:1-5
- Phil 4:10-19
- Matt 8:8-10
- Jonah 3