Trials in life

The roads this morning were slippery and show covered. The usual fast paced morning traffic was slower and more cautious. But life must go on. The drive reminded me of an experience I had a long time ago. Years ago my folks were visiting with family and everyone was swapping “driving in a snow storm” tales. Every Canadian has a few of those. One of the couples was from Texas and at some point he asked, “Why do you folks go out when its like that?”

The thing is that in Texas snow storms can shut down all activities. They can be bad and disruptive, but in Canada the miserable weather spans over a period of months not weeks. So we have to adapt. It is part of our lives.

Life can throw difficulties at us that are indeed disruptive and cause us to shut down and take stock. We have to deal with the matter at hand. But there is the other side of troubles in life. The long game. The problems that aren’t easily solved. The difficulties that we have to learn to live with, to work around. They can drag on for years, not just a horrible week or two.

Trouble can come in all forms. We must remember who holds us in His hands. It is by his strength we can endure.

1 Corinthians 4: 8-9 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, 
but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.