When life is hard – and it is often hard – worship can become a challenge. How do I rejoice or glory in a God who seems absent or disinterested in my plight? Paul says we carry around the death of Jesus in our bodies, a reminder that our God chose to join us in our suffering. This turns our pain into a sort of hopeful ache, enabling us to worship the God who will end our suffering from the inside out, bringing resurrection and redemption and actually undoing everything sad and broken.