Trying times make better people

Lamentations 3: 25-27

The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
It is good that one should hope and wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.
It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth.

 

Does anyone like long-suffering? Isn’t short-suffering better? Why Scripture say it would it be good to suffer and to wait? It’s because it is in that time of need that you can look and see the Lord satisfy that need – and you can see that you are under His protection.

Why is it good to bear the yoke, to struggle and to work hard in your youth? Because it trains you for hard times to come – so that when they come they are easier.

In your present struggles, sufferings, uncertainties or challenges – how can you look at the ‘dust in your mouth’ and still see hope?