Life Is No Bed Of Roses
Imagine a totally rosy life where you get whatever you wish for, a world where your desires are granted at your beck and call, an existence devoid of struggles. Envision a life without any failures before success, no falling and rising, zero losses. That sounds nice, right? But...
Such an existence would be vacuous, banal, vapid and insipid. It would be totally uninteresting and flavourless. Your inherent qualities like courage/bravery, doggedness and resilience would not be uncovered. Problems are instrumental in shaping us and bringing out pure gold hidden within. Come to think of it, which would you prefer: a movie with this happy-go-lucky person as the main character or a heroic character who has prevailed and stands tall despite all challenges? My friends, if you live a sweet, smooth life, you know like you're on a bed of roses; a life with not even a tad of difficulty( it's actually impossible!), your biography would never make a bestseller.
Our loving Creator didn't promise a trouble-free life but He makes the way out of them.
'...after that ye have suffered a while...'.
'Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning'.
I conclude with these lines from the song 'How Firm a Foundation': "The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine."
Such an existence would be vacuous, banal, vapid and insipid. It would be totally uninteresting and flavourless. Your inherent qualities like courage/bravery, doggedness and resilience would not be uncovered. Problems are instrumental in shaping us and bringing out pure gold hidden within. Come to think of it, which would you prefer: a movie with this happy-go-lucky person as the main character or a heroic character who has prevailed and stands tall despite all challenges? My friends, if you live a sweet, smooth life, you know like you're on a bed of roses; a life with not even a tad of difficulty( it's actually impossible!), your biography would never make a bestseller.
Our loving Creator didn't promise a trouble-free life but He makes the way out of them.
'...after that ye have suffered a while...'.
'Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning'.
I conclude with these lines from the song 'How Firm a Foundation': "The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine."
