his holiness,’ and adds that, although ‘no discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful’, it eventually produces ‘a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it’ (Hebrews 12:10–11). This goes right against the grain of a culture which puts personal happiness and self-indulgence at the top of its agenda, yet countless generations of believers have endorsed its truth. Fifthly, suffering reminds us of our physical frailty and of our dependence upon God, teaching us