What is so amazing about this period of suffering, is that my wife and I would both say that God worked on us in incredible ways and strengthened our faith in Him and our love for one another. God was incredibly good to us in the midst of it.

“The opposite of a childlike spirit is a cynical spirit. Cynicism is, increasingly, the dominant spirit of our age. Personally, it is my greatest struggle in prayer. If I get an answer to prayer, sometimes I’ll think, It would have happened anyway. Other times I’ll try to pray but wonder if it makes any difference. – Paul Miller, A Praying Life

Out of the security of knowing the Christ Jesus who has made Paul His own, he passionately pursues a relationship with this Jesus who loved Him and gave His life for him. He knows that while on this earth there will always be more of Jesus that he can know and more of His love that he can experience.