Do you think the boys look cross or troubled because the wind is blowing so hard? No, they are happy; and the wind does not annoy them.
All people have trials and troubles in this life, because Satan delights to spread the effects of the sin he brought into the world. Christians are the special objects of his hatred; and God allows him to harass us when it is for our good. The world had no place for the Lord Jesus, and it does not want those who love and follow Him.
If we are the Lord’s, we need not be troubled or unhappy about the trials we meet. All we need to do is to put our trust in Him, knowing that He ever watches over us, and has prepared a home where He will have us forever with Himself.
ML 10/25/1942