What doesn’t kill you may make you weaker. And that’s okay.

In this conversation, Raleigh and Adsum Ravenhill discuss the concept of suffering and how it can be used for the good of others. They explore the idea that vulnerability and suffering can bless those around us and that our pain can help others find hope and healing. They also discuss the importance of situating our suffering within a greater story and finding redemption in our experiences. Through personal stories and reflections, they highlight the transformative power of suffering and its role in shaping our faith and relationships. Adsum Try Ravenhill and Raleigh discuss the power of vulnerability and weakness in this conversation. They share personal stories and insights on how suffering and weakness can be used to encourage and bless others. They emphasize the importance of authenticity and transparency and how vulnerability can deepen relationships and create growth opportunities. They also highlight the role of Scripture in providing perspective and hope while suffering.

Highlights and takeaways from the conversation:

• Suffering can be a blessing to others when we are vulnerable and open about our pain.
• Our suffering can be used for the good of God's people and can bring hope and healing to others.
• We can grow and learn deeply through our pain by situating our suffering within a greater story and finding redemption in our experiences.
• Suffering can strengthen our faith and deepen our relationships with others. Suffering and weakness can be used to encourage and bless others.
• Being vulnerable and transparent deepens relationships and creates growth opportunities.
• Scripture provides perspective and hope while suffering.
• Our weakness is a pathway that connects us to God and others.
• Adversity exposes our true selves and teaches us to care for others.
• Vulnerability is the great equalizer that connects us as human beings.
• "What if our pain actually helped other people?"
• "We struggle with this idea of vulnerability; we struggle with this idea of suffering."
• "The vulnerabilities, the difficulties, the struggles, the burdens, the sufferings that we go through, we often, in fact, usually don't know what they're for, either until afterward or never."
• "It's going to change the trajectory of somebody else's life completely."
• "They need to see how a man of God suffers. They need this example."

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For more conversations like this one, check out my book, Vulnerable: Rethinking Human Trafficking.