There is a misconception that has been advertised about the Christian life and experience, and this is it; that in a commitment to follow Jesus as a believer, there's almost a contractual obligation on God's part that He has to guarantee from that moment on, that your life will be exempt from hard times, trials, loss, suffering, sadness, want, and basically anything that is negative. The call to Christianity is a call to live the life of a soldier, and to endure hardness is something that is part of the job. Hardness is necessary for growth and without it a very limited, stunted level of development is a certainty. |