The Scriptures tell us to change the way we see hardship and to view it as discipline. But we may also need to change the way we see discipline--not by seeing it as punishment, rather as training. God is shaping Christ in our character. I imagine He desires to create Heaven in us before He creates it around us.
“Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?” Heb.12 Conversations Within” ts 1/26/2016
