Matthew 5:48
Be Perfect as God is Perfect
48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Jesus said be perfect as God is Perfect...
I think as the Great Saints got closer and closer God, they find that He is, in fact, Perfect...Maybe even More Perfect than they would have thought...And in finding this out, the more one would see their own flaws and sins...
The Great Saints did not settle for the earthly desires and pleasures for their contentment and joy, but they looked for their contentment and joy in the seeking and finding of God and His Son...And the stronger their faith got, the more they understood the nature of their sins, forgiveness, suffering and what true contentment and joy really were and are, because they were approaching God, more and more, and closer and closer...They would better understand the Passion of the Christ...And as they got closer to Him, I would think that the harder things become because of His Perfection...Perfection cannot mix with imperfections, because then Perfection becomes imperfection...Like Pure Gold mixing with imperfect gold, makes for a lesser quality of gold...But God does not become lessor, He remains Perfect...And as our Great Saints got and get closer to God and His Son, I think they got morally stronger, and tougher -through their better understanding of the Two...And through these tougher experiences in life and their search for God, they found comfort in their faith, through all of their trials of life...