Suffering in doses

Wisdom learned in suffering is beyond academic or even remedial it is wisdom infused,injected into one's character as when a flu shot is given . The dose given is a small dose of the disease itself that's being avoided and thus becomes an agent in building up antibodies for future protection or exposure.Thus suffering itself is often neither penal or remedial but often becomes the protection given in small doses as a healing agent and buffer against future destruction." ...there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from Satan, to torment me. Three time I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me but he said to me,'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.'"2 Corinthians 12:7