Bible Question:
Where can I find information on the trials and tribulations of life.As told in the bible dckraus |
Bible Answer: Trials in the Bible. Hello dckraus. Emmaus is right, that the Bible is FULL of stories of struggle, and loss, and finding God in the midst of it. Lamentations is another book to look at: the sense of loss over the captivity of Israel. This was a political loss, but also a sense of being abandoned by God (or worse), and of being seperated from the Temple. Their whole view of reality was crashing around them. On another note, there are many texts that talk about being strengthened through hardship. "Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it." -- Hebrews 12:11 See also 2 Corinthians 4:17. How wonderful that this faith of ours is not candy-coated. With God, we can look even the harshest realities in the face. yours, JRM. |