Stronger Shoulders
There are some who believe that when you become a Christian everything will turn out all right. I have known many who accepted Christ joy fully, but became disillusioned because life continued to be hard. But Jesus never promised us that life would be easy. God never assured us that we would avoid pain. In fact, Jesus said exactly the opposite. John 15: 20 “‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also.” And in John 16:33 , “I have told you these [difficult] things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” In this is our hope: Not that all our problems will disappear, but that the one who faced these problems, and overcame them, walks with us. Now, I know that no one here believed that life would right itself as soon as you accepted Christ. So why write this article? Many times in my own life I faced a difficult situation, and prayed for God to remove it. But i