It was a Mother Teresa quote, I recall, which I am paraphrasing: suffering in and of itself is nothing. However, she went on to say that when suffering was for the passion of Christ, suffering is indeed a gift. I invite the reader to journey with me as God takes me on a yearlong journey of personal spiritual refinement and insight in the Word of God according to 1 Peter 4:12-13 and 2 Corinthians 4: 17-18. As we travel this way of suffering, the reader...