No 1037 of Living Life Series 1
There is in us the need to be reassured that we are in good hands no matter what happens to us. When life gets tough, we think this is the will of God. When life gets going, we think that this is the blessing of God. Thus it appears that what happens to a man seems to be the design of God. But isn't this an overstatement?
Whatever it is, it is true that when life is easy, people are complacent and they may be worse off. But when life is tough, if they are weak in spirit, they get no where and they just resign themselves thinking that this is the will of God. Need God be like that?
Certainly when life gets tough, the tough gets going. They never get ruffled and they keep their peace and stay as one piece no matter what happens. To them it is just another rainy season for them to stay indoors and bid their time, for them to prepare for sunny days. Storms do not last forever and calm seas will return again. This the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 reminds us.
Such men can also withstand drought because as what the good lord says they are like trees outside the orchard. The trees in the orchard withers away with drought but the trees at the foot of the hill outside the orchard are rooted in ground water and can still flourish in drought.
Men who are strong in doctrine can flourish in trying times. Harness and live in doctrine and flourish in life come what may. This is how the tough gets going, when life is tough. When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Whatever it is, it is true that when life is easy, people are complacent and they may be worse off. But when life is tough, if they are weak in spirit, they get no where and they just resign themselves thinking that this is the will of God. Need God be like that?
Certainly when life gets tough, the tough gets going. They never get ruffled and they keep their peace and stay as one piece no matter what happens. To them it is just another rainy season for them to stay indoors and bid their time, for them to prepare for sunny days. Storms do not last forever and calm seas will return again. This the good lord Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 reminds us.
Such men can also withstand drought because as what the good lord says they are like trees outside the orchard. The trees in the orchard withers away with drought but the trees at the foot of the hill outside the orchard are rooted in ground water and can still flourish in drought.
Men who are strong in doctrine can flourish in trying times. Harness and live in doctrine and flourish in life come what may. This is how the tough gets going, when life is tough. When the going gets tough, the tough get going.