No pain, no gain

Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

Romans 5:3-5


When you fall and hurt yourself, it hurts. Right? Yea, it does a lot. Why does it hurt though? Why does on little tiny paper cut hurt so much?! When you hurt yourself, your body has to work to fix it and the pain you get is your body letting you know that it is doing its job. The pain is also your body warning you to not touch your injury and make it worse. It's the body sending out immunities and white blood cells to help. Kinda weird how it works isn't it? You're not going to get better until you make it through that little bit-o-pain.
We also can't really learn unless we go through that pain and endure it. God and growing closer to him kind of works the same way as our body. In order to grow in our faith, a little pain has to precede it. We have to work for it to achieve his glory. Our sufferings make us stronger in ourselves and in God. We learn through the pain, in end coming out even more secure in ourselves. After falling and hurting ourselves, our body comes out even stronger and more able. No pain, no gain.