GAIN FROM PAIN

Pain is an asset to be invested. Difficulties, trials, and tribulations are often the best resources for future gain. To beat out the ripened grain and separate the wheat from the chaff, the ancients used an instrument called a“tribulum” (from which we get the word "tribulation"). No farmer wastes his time and energy to run his “tribulum” over straw, chaff, or weeds, but rather to gain precious grain.  Similarly, our Savior doesn't needlessly put us under the pressure of suffering and pain. No! “We also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope” (Romans 5:3, 4). Don’t waste your pain, for it is a capital asset that has long-term value.—Samuel Koranteng-Pipim