Borrowed from Original Post Originally posted at enCourage on October 8, 2020. Click here to see original post and other edifying articles. My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you. The Apostle Paul in Galatians 4:19 Any woman who has given birth to a child knows the pain of childbirth. With my first child, I was obliviously idealistic about what childbirth would be like. Other women might have tried to explain it to me, but nothing could have prepared me for the experience of labor. Giving birth to a child is a complete investment of oneself— body and soul. The pains of childbirth are, of course, a part of the curse. What is true on a physical level about childbirth, is also true on a spiritual level about the labor of love called missions. The gospel worker must endure hardship in the process of watching and participating in the birth of spiritual offspring. The Pains of Missi
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