Isn't it interesting that we hate the hard times?

Ok, so that question answers itself. No, it's not interesting, it makes sense, the hard times are hard. But When did we ever learn something, I mean really learn something without going through something first, or making a mistake? Since we cannot stop the foreward motion of our lives, to get to that great mountain peak we have to go thru a valley, and even after the mountain we have to go down again. How often do we start taking for granted the mountain peak when it goes on for miles? How much sweeter does that peak feel after the valley before, and the steep climb it took to get up?

I think for the first time in my life I'm really starting to understand what James was talking about in James 1:2. It is so much better to get to that easy, nice place, after you've been through the rough times and you have grown and developed strength. It is so much easier to appreciate the good times after you've been through the rough.

Not to mention, in those hard times, that's where God is. We tend to be so much more in tune with God in those rough times, because that's when we actually remember we can't do anything on our own.

"...And if you feel like no one understands
Come to the One with scars on His hands
'Cause He knows where you are, where you've been
His scars will heal you if you let Him"

-joy williams