That pretty well proves he stayed away from doctors, too. But isn’t the real art of life knowing how to respond to pain rather than how to avoid it? According to Scripture, pain manufactures maturity. A crisis conditions character; difficulty develops depth. The truth is difficulty and pain and suffering and sorrow create a crossroad experience: the path we choose to take will make all the difference in whether we grow and become sweeter or stagnate and become weaker in our faith. If you’ve ever