Adversity hits us in many different ways. It can come as an illness, the death of a loved one, betrayal from a friend, or any unexpected difficulty. None of us know when it will hit, but we all know that sooner or later, we will have to face it. Adversity can make us angry with God. We might ask questions like, “God, why are you doing this to me?” Or, “God, why won’t you help me? Why are you letting me suffer so much?” The book Streams in the Desert says comfort is, “one of God’s most precious gifts.” But in order to have comfort we must first have pain. Is there anything good that can come from adversity? Is there any purpose behind it?
人的一生中，免不了都會遇到形式不一的逆境，可能是疾病，親人的去世，朋友的出賣，或是其他突如其來的困難。雖然沒有人知道什麼時候壞事會臨到，不過，我們都知道那是遲早要面對的事。人生中的逆境可能會叫我們遷怒於上帝。我們可能會問一些問題：「上帝啊，你為什麼這樣對待我？」或是「上帝啊，為什麼你沒有對我伸出援手？你為什麼讓我受這麼多的苦？」荒漠甘泉一書說安慰是「上帝最珍貴的禮物之一」。然而，在未曾經歷安慰之先，我們必須先受痛苦。從逆境中會產生出什麼好的事嗎？困難的背後是否存有什麼目的呢？
“Let us give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the merciful Father, the God from whom all help comes! He helps us in all our troubles, so that we are able to help others who have all kinds of troubles, using the same help that we ourselves have received from God.”～ 2 Corinthians 1:3-4
「我們要感謝我們的主耶穌基督的父上帝！是慈愛的天父，也是一切安慰的來源。在我們的各種患難中，他安慰我們，使我們能夠用他所賜給我們的安慰去安慰遭遇各種患難的人。」～哥林多後書 1:3-4
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