WHY DIFFICULT TIMES COME IN OUR LIVES?

Sometimes we wonder, can't everything in our life always be good? Why are we having difficulties?

But the universe is wiser than us. If everything is always easy and nice, we will stop appreciating it, we will stop enjoying and perfecting ourselves, and we will completely forget about God.

"If rain is coming into your life, focus on the flowers that will bloom because of it."

Remember the history of ancient Egypt. There were years when the Nile rose from its bed and submerged everything, and the people suffered famine and calamity for years. But then came fertile years. Then everyone rejoiced.

It is the same in our lives - sometimes something extraordinary happens, which later turns out to have prepared the ground for something important and significant.

When it rains, we can get angry that we will get wet, that puddles will form everywhere, that it will become muddy... And thinking like this, the rain becomes a disaster for us. But we can look at it another way.

Thanks to it, fruits, vegetables, flowers grow. This is how they treat, for example, in Sicily and call the rain "blessed water".

"It's usually the challenges along the way that show us who we really are."

All difficulties make us better, stronger and purer if we manage to remain ourselves and not lose heart. However, if we fall into despondency and depression, if we curse our fate, these will just be terrible periods that lead nowhere and change nothing.

Remember about Viktor Frankl, who falls into a concentration camp and not only comes to life, but this period becomes the basis for his work as a psychologist after the war, a period of internal transformation. Despite the years of suffering in the death camps, where all his loved ones - his mother, his father, his brother and his pregnant wife - died, Victor never stopped believing that life has meaning. And what is it like to experience the horror of a concentration camp compared to today's difficulties and problems that we are experiencing...

Difficulties can reveal something deeply hidden within us, our talents and character traits, which we would otherwise not have reached on our own. And do you remember the story of Nick Vujicic, who was born without arms and legs, and today not only leads a full and meaningful life, but is also one of the most popular speakers who inspires millions of people around the world. He probably wouldn't have become what he is if he had been born like all the other children.

The actress Charlize Theron parted with her great dream of being a ballerina after a serious knee injury, but changing the direction of her life path, became one of the most popular Hollywood stars.

Difficulties, trials and even tragedies sometimes become a harbinger of something big and important in our lives, in finding the right path. They seem to turn into signposts that point the way to a wayward traveler…

Difficult times also help us to understand that there is always someone who takes care of us. Just if we let him.

“If God is with you, then what are you afraid of? And if he's not with you, then what do you hope for?'

Sometimes in our life, severe and serious crises happen in all areas of life, just to turn to God. We have received small hints, light taps on the shoulder, but we have remained insensitive to God... Then come the serious trials.

They say that God first speaks to us as a whisper of love, then comes the voice of conscience and finally comes suffering. If we learn to hear the whispers and even the voice of conscience, the sufferings will be much less.

And God is good and generous.

We also show you a wonderful video of Milena Goleva - Why difficulties and sufferings come: