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Trusting God is easy when everything is going your way.
But what happens when life doesn’t go as expected?

The book of Proverbs teaches, “the hand of the diligent makes rich” and “by [wisdom] your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.” But what if you are diligent and wise and tragedy still strikes? What if you get laid off? Your spouse cheats on you? What if you become ill?

How will you respond when life gets messy? When you reap what you didn’t sow?

The truth is you can do everything right—serve your neighbor, study the Scriptures, give to the church—and still have tragic and horrible things happen to you. In fact, I almost guarantee it will happen.

But rather than becoming disillusioned, we can prepare ourselves for the coming winter by strengthening our faith in order to cling to God when times get rough. Because they will.

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