The On-Purpose™ Proverb
Adversity is one of life’s great teachers dressed in disguise.
“What good can come out of this?” you ask while pondering your present problem. You’re thinking, “It’s horrific, terrible, the worst thing that has ever happened.” A heavy dullness leads to the clincher questions, “Why me? What did I do to deserve this? What hope is left?”
Consider John Walsh, the father of Adam Walsh and host of the TV show America’s Most Wanted. On July 27, 1981, John’s six-year-old pride and joy, Adam, was abducted from a mall. Two weeks later the boy’s head was found in a ditch. Adam’s killer has never been brought to justice. Adam would be thirty years old this year.
Yet from this tragic circumstance, John and Reve Walsh founded in 1984 the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Hope! How are hurts transformed into hope? How is crisis turned into contribution? The fifth book of Romans (NIV) encourages us to “…rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.”
Adversity is one of life’s great teachers dressed in disguise and leading us to character, hope, and love. Yes, greatness can emerge from adversity.
“What good can come out of this?” you ask while pondering your present problem. You’re thinking, “It’s horrific, terrible, the worst thing that has ever happened.” A heavy dullness leads to the clincher questions, “Why me? What did I do to deserve this? What hope is left?”
Consider John Walsh, the father of Adam Walsh and host of the TV show America’s Most Wanted. On July 27, 1981, John’s six-year-old pride and joy, Adam, was abducted from a mall. Two weeks later the boy’s head was found in a ditch. Adam’s killer has never been brought to justice. Adam would be thirty years old this year.
Yet from this tragic circumstance, John and Reve Walsh founded in 1984 the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Hope! How are hurts transformed into hope? How is crisis turned into contribution? The fifth book of Romans (NIV) encourages us to “…rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.”
Adversity is one of life’s great teachers dressed in disguise and leading us to character, hope, and love. Yes, greatness can emerge from adversity.
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