Adversity?

[This was a part of my Pastor's weekly Wednesday email.  I thought is was good enough to be a short blog post.  I hope everyone who reads this post draws encouragement enough to keep going.  I certainly found it to be a Blessing.]

I think about all the adversity that so many seem to be going through, and know that it is not easy.  I came across this quote by Augustine of Hippo:  "In all trouble you should seek God. You should not set Him over against your troubles, but within them. God can only relieve your troubles if you in your anxiety cling to Him. Trouble should not really be thought of as this thing or that in particular, for our whole life on earth involves trouble; and through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God."

Wishing you God's best,

Pastor Dean