Some people out there preach that when you become a Christian, life will get easier and you'll experience wealth and beauty and all sorts of other things.
The Gospels make no such promises.
Jesus Christ lived the perfect life, and at the beginning of his public ministry, what was his reward? He was driven into the wilderness, where he was in direct confrontation with Satan for over a month. Oh, and he was surrounded by wild animals.
Life is full of trials. They are not evidence that your faith is weak. They are evidence that we exist in a broken world where sin and death and chaos still have influence. These things do not determine the final state, but they still wreak havoc in the world and our lives.
Take heart -- Christ suffered, and we shall, too. But just as Christ overcame, we, too, shall overcome.
Thanks be to God.
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