fruity series - longsuffering

what is my pain 

i count it as gain

to be ridiculed and rejected

nothing compares to the suffering You were subjected

      
       to die so we could again live

heaven on earth to freely give

taking our burdens, sinful nature to relieve

to see us through trials and wade through grief

where is up without its down

where is joy without its frown

where is darkness if not to contrast light

where is day without its night

where is perfection without its flaws

where is healing without life's claws 

1 corinthians 10:13 to cradle  

God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; 

but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, 

that ye may be able to bear it...and be clothed in blessing cape