Suffering, pain, and affliction are all part of the human experience between the Fall and the Restoration. Suffering reminds us that we walk with a limp. The church walks with a limp in imitation of our Saviour who also walked with a limp. God's children are frequently in heaviness, but not in the darkness. Our suffering reminds us that we are joined to the One who suffered for our redemption. We anticipate entering eternity as conquerors because the suffering has accomplished its assignment. "Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed."