Life is full of ups and downs. There are trials and struggles that we must all encounter. There are obstacles that confront us all. It rains on the just and the unjust.
But there is an upside to all these things. While it may sound like nonsense, there is an advantage in the adversities we endure.
Through our troubles we learn what is really needful, what matters, and who sustains us.
We are reminded of God’s abiding presence, when those people and things we trusted in are no longer reliable. We discover God’s faithfulness when all else falters.
While all else is fleeting and passing away, while illusions dissolve, and notions of our independence are stripped away, we find that God’s character does not fail.
There is an upside to every crisis. There is an advantage amid the most profound adversity. There is hope in the midst of every storm, and help for us in all that afflicts us!
1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,3 though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling.
Selah
Good Morning, I love you all!
ihs,
just adam
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