God is sufficient in our suffering – Rest\r\n \r\nParadise or Thorns\r\n\r\n- The experience of heaven\r\n- The reality of suffering\r\n\r\n‘Suffering is the best commentary on God’s character, and pain is the finest exposition of his excellences. We discover more about God’s grace when we come to an end in ourselves. You will never know that God is all you need, until God is all you have got.’ Paul Mallard\r\n\r\n God is sovereign over our thorns\r\n God uses our thorns for our good\r\n It matters not how strait the gate,\r\n How charged with punishments the scroll,\r\n I am the master of my fate,\r\n I am the captain of my soul. (Invictus)\r\n\r\n God is sufficient in our thorns\r\n\r\n‘Those in Christ are to allow the thorns to pin us to Christ who imparts grace to the sufferer.’ Paul Barnett\r\n\r\n God exalts Christ through our thorns