Saved Through Suffering

February 17, 2019

Rev. Jake Allstaedt

We try to avoid suffering at all costs. Why do we hate it so much? If we dig deep enough, we realize that we're stubborn and refuse to believe that we need saving. In our Gospel text from Luke 6:17-26, Jesus invites us to embrace our suffering and trust Him, putting to death any trust that we have in ourselves. After all, God's office, as it has been said, is at the end of your rope.