We can follow the world’s advice to dive into our pain and consider it beautiful. Or we can become beautifully transformed when we acknowledge the pain and dive into Christ.

How is it possible to shine like a star amid the realities of illness? When the heat of your trials and the pressure of your pain make you hold firmly to Jesus you will be changed and transformed—and the glory of the Lord will shine in and through your life. But shining brightly does something other than illuminate the world around us—it actually does something for us…