Whoever will have nothing to do with thorns, can never gather roses. – A Friend Named Adversity

The brook that flows over stones makes the sweetest music. – A Friend Named Adversity

If you remove the rocks, the brook will lose its song. – A Friend Named Adversity

Blessings thrive in afflictions’ soil. – A Friend Named Adversity

Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes. – A Friend Named Adversity

The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter. – A Friend Named Adversity

It isn’t the load that weights you down, it’s the way you carry it. – A Friend Named Adversity

The darkest clouds often bring the heaviest showers of blessing. – A Friend Named Adversity

Jesus is no security against life’s storms, but he is perfect security in them. – A Friend Named Adversity

Troubles are not sent to bother us but to better us. – A Friend Named Adversity

If we had no trials, there would be no triumphs. – A Friend Named Adversity

To get out of difficulty, we must go through it. – A Friend Named Adversity

When it gets dark enough you can see the stars. – A Friend Named Adversity

The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide. – A Friend Named Adversity

Trouble is to the triumphant spirit what turbulent water is to a sturdy boat. – A Friend Named Adversity

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. – A Friend Named Adversity

Adversity is the way the great surgeon gives us a face-lift. – A Friend Named Adversity

God often digs wells of joy with the spade of sorrow and adversity. – A Friend Named Adversity

Tears are often the means by which we see God’s rainbow of promises. – A Friend Named Adversity

When life hands you a lemon, make lemonade. – A Friend Named Adversity

You will never be the person God wants you to be, if afflictions, trials, and disciplines are taken out of your life. – A Friend Named Adversity

Afflictions are but the shadow of God’s wings. – A Friend Named Adversity

No trouble can come so near that God is not nearer. – A Friend Named Adversity

Only God can change sunsets into sunrises. – A Friend Named Adversity

Adversity may sometimes get a Christian down, but only on his knees. – A Friend Named Adversity

Jesus spoke of Christianity as a banquet, but never as a picnic. – A Friend Named Adversity

God’s grace enables us to ‘face the music’ even when we don’t like the tune. – A Friend Named Adversity

One reason that the school of Christ is so tough is that you get the test first and the lesson later. – A Friend Named Adversity

Sufferings are to spiritual maturity as the chisel is to sculpture. – A Friend Named Adversity

True achievers have made adversity their friend. – A Friend Named Adversity

The very same adversity can make one bitter and another better. A thoughtful and prayerful study on how to face adversity can change one’s world. – A Friend Named Adversity

– Tom