Topic: The Problem Of No Shield In Adversity

The reality of life is such that we have no shield to protect us against bad things happening. We have no shield against adversity to protect us from the darkness in life. However, there is something we can do about not having a shield against adversity. What we can do is build a shield against what bad things do to us on the inside. The quality of our inner life is not determined by whether we keep bad things out of our life. The quality of our inner life is determined by how we respond to bad things with Christ as our shield and defender. We may not be able to shield ourselves from bad events. However, we can shield how those bad events make us think, act, and believe. For example, how we handle the death of a loved one is an event where we can determine how and what the event will do to us as well as how we will respond. When we lose a loved one, we can choose to handle this bad event with either bitterness or grace. With Christ within us, we can respond with grace because He lives.

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