Christianity is a radical faith which believes in the God who knows and understands our sufferings because He became one of us. Jesus can relate to every pain we could ever experience: poverty, homelessness, difficult life changes, betrayal, being misunderstood, and even family drama.

Like Jesus, we are called to be honest about our sufferings because it is in the midst of adversity that others are able to relate to us the most.

God uses life’s challenges in two main ways: to reflect areas in our lives where we can be sanctified, and to be a reflection for others in how we surrender. As Christians, we should not only be careful to avoid the wide path of sin, but we must also warn others not to go down that path by sharing the truth of the gospel—that Jesus already paid the ultimate price in our place so we wouldn’t have to.

While God experienced our pain in life, it is not His will that we should experience the eternal payment of sin.