Spiritual Growth Through Pain: When Doing Great Requires Feeling Awful

Spiritual Growth Through Pain: When Doing Great Requires Feeling Awful

In his book Shattered Dreams, Larry Crabb explores a profound and often overlooked truth: spiritual growth often requires enduring pain. He writes, “Doing great on the journey to God requires that we feel awful.” While this may seem counterintuitive, the Bible supports the idea that suffering is a powerful tool for transformation and deepening faith….