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Originally Posted by Rhoni
The Bible teaches about patience, about enduring trials and hard times, and it even teaches that God will not put more on a person than they can bear, but I ask you...just when is enough...enough?
Do you think it is God's plan for us to just "survive"?
Just curious as to what others think? 
Blessings, Rhoni |
If you define "just surviving" as meaning being weak (not weak in faith but weak in that you can't do anything except go through the trouble ie. you are powerless in your own efforts) then Paul said this:
2Cr 12:7 ¶ And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
2Cr 12:8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
2Cr 12:9
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2Cr 12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake:
for when I am weak, then am I strong.
The part I bolded is what I always try to remember. There is another scripture in which Jesus said if we suffer for His sake then the Glory of God rests upon us. I think Paul is saying the same thing.