Does anyone believe that difficult times are more of a blessing than pleasant times?

Question

I think many people remember God only when times are tough. . .I know it certainly helps me focus on the Lord. I'm curious as to what people think. . .Are difficult times a call to bring us closer to God when our worldly drives and desires have taken us too far away from our real goal?

Answer 1

NO! iv been riped in half by bad times and riped fome the arms of god because of some of it iv taken more then any human being should take at one point i found out that since my daughter was as young as six years my poor inocent baby was being sexualy molested by a relative my heart is still broken over this and cant understand it my son was raped in a church by a trusted mail friend at the age of five when i found out and told plice all they said was nothing we can do unless he was a baby sitter hes now 28 and my daughter is 23 i feel so guilty even today that i never picked up on all this with our son we never found out tidd he was about ten he brought up the name we never mentioned this name in years then he said i need to find him its time to kill him then he told us what heppened we were floored at the time of the assult i had noticed blood in his under wear and the doctor said he probly just srtrained to hard pooping after inspecting him and we have always been poor but paid ties and helped others but wev never had any times of even making ends meat my husband tryed to work and go to collage while i raised our children had to accept welfair when it came time to get a recipt for ties to pay taxes the pastor handed us a check and said in front of everyone welfair is not income so ties cannot be accepted even when we said it was paid out of my hubbies pay checks he said part time hash slinging jobs dont count eather and dont say rthat it was just a bad church or religion iv been in several churches and religions and always have been treated eather rudly talked about like saying my husband whos an ex minister now disabled is raping my son and daughter andbeating me hubby is a psaphist and never would touch our children my son has always been big and would notalow this this statmentwas only three years ago so no i dont bleave it helps maby in moderation but not in buckets my whole life i dont know what iv done wrong mabby im just a terrable person but i try to be nice kind and helpful now both my husband and i are disabled and cant work or walk i just want to give up but hold out hope their lives will be better then mine sorry so long but this hit a nurve

Answer 2

In some ways , yes. The difficult times we face are more of a blessing. I know that Ive learned so much more in life going through the hard times than the easy ones. I believe during those hard times we become more humble and more open to Gods will for us. Those days only make us stonger.

Answer 3

Yes, they are. But difficult times are more of a blessing because it helps us to remember the good times. God lets us go through tough times to help us grow closer to Him. He never promised us a rose garden here on earth, but we do have a mansion in heaven.

Answer 4

Yes, they can be. Our light affliction, which lasts only for a moment, gives us a far greater weight of eternal glory (2 Corinthians 4:17)! That's why we are told to count it as a joy when we go through trials (James 1:2). Such situations draw us closer to God and teach us lessons that can only be learned through difficulties. God wants to give us a life of victory, where we triumph over every trial!

Answer 5

Your right many do only call on God when things are awful. Trials do cause perseverance, testing of our faith. they build strength. But sometimes God just wants to change something in us for His glory. Job is our prime example of a man who honored God but the devil was granted permission to torment him just so God would be glorified. Not all trials are from God. Sometimes the devil wants to cause doubt and sometimes it's our own darn faults. Either way if your being drawn closer to God by any means, count it all joy.

Answer 6

I think pleasant times are just a waiting period before more difficult times. But, yes, it's the hard times that make you who you are. People who've never been through hard times (if they actually exist) have nothing to talk about! They're boring!

Answer 7

yes - trials burn away the flesh and bring us closer to God. Trials give us opportunity to pray for wisdom, for the Holy Spirit's assistance, for a Christ-like mind, for a greTER SENSE OF gOD'S PRESENCE, TO SEE the good in all the happens, to pray that all our faith and hope will be in God alone. Sometimes trials are God's way of discipling us, purfying us, or simply to show His glory through resolution of our circumstance.

for me, my most difficult times razed my life - and i was rebuilt on the solid group of a firm foundation in Christ!
psalm 46:1

Answer 8

It is during the hard times that we grow as people and as Christians.
How many of us have faced a difficulty in life thinking we won't make it through this one only to still be here years later.

Answer 9

as bad as I hate it, tough times are how a Christian grows. both in faith and in spirit.. to be more Christ-like.
I heard a preacher put it like this..

you know how they melt gold down? they turn the heat up a little and you have gold with impurities ..but it's still gold!

turn it up more and then they are able to skim the impurities off , which makes a higher grade of gold.

turn it up to the hottest and it becomes pure gold.

sometimes God turns up the heat so we can be pure gold.
make sense?

Answer 10

I think so. I think that difficult times come to us because we have strayed too far from God. God wants us all close to Him and to do so is to seek Him out everyday and to put total trust into God.