Suffering for Christ

I just got a text from my sister telling me how she vacuumed the entire home. She was also expressing to me how frustrated she is with vacuuming - hahaha. I was super impressed and proud of her. Actually, those feelings are understatements of how I actually felt. The house is usually vacuumed by either my mom or myself (mostly my mom). To be honest, I started vacuuming because I didn't want my mom suffering so much as she's getting old. But the more I did it, the more I began to love vacuuming. It kinda reminded me of 'suffering for Christ.' The more I persevered, the more I began to recognize my mother's heart for her family. Likewise, I could see how to suffer for Christ enables us to take on His heart, encounter His deliverance, and experience what He suffered. In the end, suffering for Christ is better than suffering for nothing.