Entering 2026 With Hope: Why Pain Isn’t the Enemy | Dwayne's Musings

Описание: How are you entering 2026, storming ahead, cautiously walking, or carrying hesitation from the years behind you?

As I step into this new year, I’m choosing to do so with hope, not because life has been easy, but because hardship has shaped me more deeply than comfort ever could.

In a culture obsessed with happiness and allergic to pain, we’re rarely taught how suffering actually works in us. Drawing from the reflections of Malcolm Muggeridge, the witness of the cross, and Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 4, this musing explores a countercultural truth: it is often affliction, not happiness, that forms us, clarifies us, and leads us to Christ.

Over the past few years, I’ve walked through betrayal, loss, and pressure I never expected. I wouldn’t wish that road on anyone, but I also wouldn’t undo what God has done through it. Pain has reordered my priorities, deepened my faith, and renewed my inner life day by day.

If you’re walking into 2026 feeling tired, bruised, or unsure, this reflection is for you. There is hope. Not a shallow optimism, but a hope anchored in what God is quietly forming within you.

Stick around, Season 7 of the podcast is coming, and Jennifer and I will be sharing more of our journey, transitions, and the grace God is meeting us with along the way.

Grace and peace as you step into 2026.

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