Adversity takes us to God

Adversity takes us to God.Living in America can be wonderful or terrible depending upon ones circumstances but it is important to understand that any adversities in our lives take us to God. Why do you think we say, "Oh my God!" or "Jesus Christ!" in scary situations or as a last desperate plea and yes, as we die unexpectedly or as we are being murdered. Yes, adversity takes us to God.

Most of the time our adversities are not that great. However, it is quite possible that America and the world might be entering a slowdown, a recession or even another Great Depression. During these types of times there is usually not enough of anything, food, shelter, warmth, survival---anything. "These are the times that try men's souls!"

Starting with Viet Nam(I was 17 in 1965 when it really started going) and I was 25 in 1973 when it finally ended in disaster for our country. I don't believe America or the world has ever completely recovered from Viet Nam, the Soviet Union or the Cold War. It has left a residue of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder on all the citizens of the world in many ways.

Likewise, it will take 25 or 30 years (or more) for the world to even begin to recover and understand what has happened and how the world has changed since 2001 from this last "Terrorist War". And it may be going on and become another 100 years war because of its very nature.

All the big adversities and little individual adversities take us to God, make us cynical or make us give up completely and commit suicide directly or indirectly.

One of the most important things to do in these kinds of times is to be very aware of all our motivations, because if we start slipping into hopelessness it can be like a game of Russian roulette with a loaded gun. It doesn't take much then to die or go crazy. I'm not sure which is worse at that point.

So, the healthiest thing to do in times of adversity is to reach out to God. Whether it is in the expletives, "Oh My God!" or "Jesus Christ" or being in tears at the side of our beds or roads and begging for God's help I think any and all these things are necessary to stay alive and functional and useful to our nations, our friends, our families, the world, the universe and to God!