Costly Character

 

Romans 5:3-4 (NIV)
We know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.

 

“Character,” in Greek, dokimé, meaning approved through testing, genuine.

Paul makes it clear: no hard times, no good character. Suffering is the cost of character.

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3 Responses to Costly Character

  1. To suffer doth refine the soul,
    and makes it worthy, such
    as to be in Heaven whole,
    but there can be too much.
    Asthe flint will sharpen steel,
    a brittle piece can break
    upon the turning grinding-wheel
    to be lost in the mistake
    made without consideration
    for the weakest place
    that defined the whole’s station,
    and its state of grace.
    Have a care, then for your heart,
    because it can be torn apart.

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