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Joe Heschmeyer

Joe Heschmeyer is the author of "Who Am I, Lord: Finding Your Identity in Christ" and writes from Kansas.

Why should we rejoice in suffering?

February 20, 2026
By Joe Heschmeyer
OSV News
Filed Under: Uncategorized

The well-worn maxim to “offer it up” in the face of suffering isn’t a call to grit your teeth and move on. It’s a call to “be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ” (1 Pt 2:5).

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