Adversity - the wisest course

You and I cannot avoid adversity or difficulty; it is inevitable. We live in a troubled world. If you want to be great you will go through adversity, difficulties or hardship. Adversity will tear a lot away from you and leave those things that cannot be torn, so that your true self can come through. We go through pain, not by choice but by chance and circumstance but our pain must be used as fuel for our journey in life. If you are going through hell, I encourage you to keep going and ask God for a broader shoulder to bear the burdens that life throws on you. The pain you’ve gone through becomes your history and turns out beautiful at the end. Adversity is meant to shake your soul and let the glory out. If you can’t change your situation, change the way you think about it. If you are in a bad situation don’t worry, it will change. Good situations change and bad situations are also subject to change. No situation or circumstance is permanent; everything is seasonal and subject to change. We’ve all come into a hard world, not by choice and there is nothing we can do to make it go away, but we have a choice in how we deal with every situation. A path without obstacles leads nowhere. If you are going somewhere there will surely be obstacles on your path and you had better learn how to overcome those obstacles so you can reach your destination faster. Wisdom comes with experience and the adversities of life teach us lessons we would not have learnt had life been such an easy ride. You are who you are today as a result of the adversities you’ve had to face in life. The difficulties of life are not meant to make us bitter but are intended to make us better, so I would encourage you to convert your difficulty into an opportunity. Adversity is there to make you grow and growth comes with pain. Life reveals its beauty through adversity. I pray that your adversity will turn out into something beautiful at the end. There is never a rose without thorns. Be encouraged and keep going.

"Better to lose count while naming your blessings than to lose your blessings to counting your troubles." ~Maltbie D. Babcock

(Written by Ladé, 2008 © All rights reserved.)