Somehow we've convinced ourselves that the more mature we become as Christians... the thicker our spiritual skin will become. We'll be resilient in adversity. It's a sign of spiritual failure (so we tell ourselves) when suffering gets the better of us and our faith in God gets shaky. Such notions (which aren't supported by Scripture) get in the way of our spiritual growth and block us from engaging the God who pursues is in our pain. To tell the truth, when the full force of our suffering hits us, no matter how long we've walked with God or how much theology we've mastered, faith in God can take an awful beating.
