We do not choose suffering simply because we are told to, but because the one who tells us to describes it as the path to everlasting joy.
John PiperBeing infinite, God is inexhaustibly interesting. It is therefore impossible that God be boring.
John PiperWe give glory to God when we trust him to do what he has promised to do-especially when all human possibilities are exhausted. Faith glorifies God. That is why God planned for faith to be the way we are justified.
John Piper