Trials Teach Us Things, Cause Us to Grow (TMF:1903)

Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Peace to Live By: Trials Teach Us Things, Cause Us to Grow (TMF:1903) - Daniel Litton
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       Trials teach us things—they allow us to grow. Other people’s trials also teach us if we let them. Trials can bring us closer to God, but really, if they do that it is because we weren’t close enough to him in the first place, right? When we are able to live life positively, to be on that positive flow of water, we see things differently. Eventually, nothing seems to be too dramatic—too bothersome to us. Verses 13-15: “Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death” (ESV). We as Christians do a lot of good. Really, on a human-level, all humans do varying degrees of good, right? You don’t have to be a die-hard Christian to be one who participates in the basic good for others. In fact, our American society prides itself on people doing good for others. We see it in the good times and in the bad times.