Trials & Tribulations

You might be thinking:
“You’re on holiday and I’m sitting high and dry”

….

Reading an old fairlady mag
I came across an article on
Adversity

Adversity our ally?
Sure.

According to this article even the
famous believe that

Nelson Mandela
“If I had not been in prison, I would not have been able to achieve the most difficult task in life, and that is changing myself”

Richard Branson
“At school, I found reading and writing hard. Back then, dyslexia wasn’t understood and my teachers just thought I was lazy. So I taught myself to learn things by heart. Now I have a very good memory and it has become one of my best tools in business.”

Some believe that
Faith = blissful life

only ignorance is bliss…

Paul clearly emphasizes the contrary-

Seems that in those days Christians also wrongly believed in prosperity.

Point is: the prosperous life of faith is one with peace; hope; love midst adversity,
not adversity-free

scriptures confirm this (have a look)

Jesus lived it

(I’m sure Joseph will concur with Nelson’s comment... and Moses acknowledge Sir Branson's quote…)

reference: Fairlady, January 2007, page 74 "Can adversity make you and your kids better people?"