Each of our lives is chock full of trials, some minor irritations and others hitting us like a personal earthquake! Our natural reaction is to wish for a carefree life absent of such discomforts. But what if trials were actually gifts allowed into our lives for our eternal good? Might we then welcome them as friends?
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The Friendship of Trials (PDF)
Amen.
So often we want to avoid pain. We want to go around the trials. But there is much growth that occurs in the valley. In fact, I’m going to do a long series on embracing the trials of life and how they help us mature in Christ and give us a HOPE that cannot fail.
Great podcast!
Appreciate your thoughts TC. I suspect that, absent of any trials at all and enjoying what many might think of as “the good life” would result in us having the maturity of an infant come our mortal life’s end! Thanks as well for your kind email regarding the previous podcast.