Personally, I have had situations where I find myself critical. This can be viewed as both a good thing or bad thing. There are times I fail to see the good in certain things. I strive to control situations as much as I possibly can, and I strive to have the best situations I possibly can. Growing up, I often heard that difficult times will shape the person I would develop into overtime. It is not necessarily the tough times that will mold a person, but how those tough times are responded to. God’s word does indicate that tough times will eventually produce character.

Romans 5:1-5 says, “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.”

Since we have peace through Christ, we should be able to rejoice through any situation; including times of suffering. While it can be a natural reaction to see the negatives in certain situations, we should strive to see the best in everything. As I have stated before, I fail at to see the good in certain situations. As I grow in my faith I hope to view adversity as an opportunity to learn and grow. How will we see adversity? Will we see the best it has to offer?