When we suffer, sometimes one of the first prayers is that others whom we love may not suffer in that way. This is just a faint reflection of His love, for He, Who was led into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil, taught us to pray, Lead us not into temptation. Yet often we are sorely tempted. Help comes by remembering that love is behind even that. "This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness." There is wonderful comfort in that Then.
....Out of wilderness experience our wonderful Lord gives us something to use for the help of others. It was so with Him: "In that He Himself hath suffered being tempted, He is able to succour them that are tempted." Is it not worth while to go through anything if only in the end others may be helped?
--from Edges of His Ways, by Amy Carmichael (emphasis mine)
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