Suffering

Out of suffering comes holiness -- in these forms: comfort, consolation, the fellowship of Christ's suffering, salvation, strength, fortitude, endurance.

This is what is meant by redemptive suffering. The greater the measure allotted to us, the greater is our material for sacrifice. As we make it a joyful offering to God, our potential is enhanced for becoming "instruments of His peace" -- being "broken bread and poured-out wine", overflowing with consolation for the lonely and the suffering of the world.

~ Elisabeth Elliot