Suffering

From suffering we can’t run away—
     It is our human state—
And we must let it have its way
     To save us from sin’s fate.

For suffering will burn up our sins
     And is God’s megaphone–
Reminds us who we should have been
     So our poor choice we’ll own.

And then we learn to thankful be
     For who we will become;
Our true self Jesus always sees—
     Forgiveness from Him comes.

We then will seek to help relieve
     The suffering others know,
For we know each one is conceived
     To live ‘neath Noah’s bow.