Harder Things: Ideal Circumstances?

Is life ideal for you right now? Is everything going smoothly and without hiccups? I doubt any of us can say that it is. But especially for the Christ follower, life seems to be constantly filled with hardships. Has God forgotten us? Are His promises not as steadfast as we hoped? Perhaps we're not even saved? It might surprise us to find out that our path is one of great difficulty. In fact, great difficulty can even validate that we are actually following Christ. We'll strive to encourage everyone going through a hardship in the Christian journey by what this pain and difficulty is all about. We hope you are strengthened by this. Blessings!