We Want The Gain Without The Pain

We tend to think 'Life should be fair because God is fair.' But God Is not life. And if we confuse God with the physical reality of life - by expecting constant good health for example - then we are setting ourselves up for crashing disappointment. 

The trials of life are sent to make us, not break us. I love how I can look back on the life I have lived so far and point to personal struggles and pains that God has found a way to redeem.

If God places or allows anything difficult in our lives,we can be sure that the real danger of trouble will be what we will lose if we run or rebel against it. - Malthie D. Babcock

The path that Jesus took being born into the world, then living here with us for 33 short years, then dying a painful death, then rising again is an incredible legacy of love.  The inconvenience of coming, the struggles He went through, the tremendous pain He endured…all for us. 

So why do we think we deserve the gain without the pain?

Blessings,

Dalinda