Gifts received through hardships

From Day 49 of Grief Bites, A New Approach

I love what Pastor Rick Warren said on Twitter one day:

"@Pastor Rick Warren: For senior staff, I only hire people who've suffered deeply. It  forces us to be authentic and sympathetic."

Some of the best qualities--authenticity, sympathy, compassion, transparency--are developed through grief, loss, life challenges, and suffering.

Those who have personally been through grief with God guiding them have been allotted many or all of these qualities...Gifts received through hardships.

The loss of a loved one, or suffering life's storms, is never a gift but you can definitely learn to see and obtain treasures through grief! Having the powerful ability to empathize with others is a gift of great treasure.