Not Me...Ever part 2

[Gardener]

Serenity,
Regarding your recent post (I forget to whom):

Romans 5:3-5
More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

I've always believed that pain becomes suffering only when we don't accept it.

Also, by way of much needed diversions: I recently read four excell[/b]ent novels:
1) John The Baptizer by Brooks Hansen [b][b]Great[/b]!
2) Luke's Storyby Jeffrey Jenkins How Luke went from slave to physician (and boyhood/lifelong friend of Saul/Paul) to Gospel author.

Also, Ann Rice (she of the plethora of gothic vampire novels) was born again and has written two novelized versions of Jesus' life:Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt,[u] and [u]Christ the Lord: Road to Cana. It's a trilogy and she is writing the third now. I read the first two and they were wonderful. She tied it all in so well, the young Jesus, the culture, terrain, country, customs, etc.

I cannot recommend any of the four too highly.
Got 'em all at the Library, too.
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