difficulties

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difficulties (4:1.7-9). See also challenges; compensations; conflict; confusion; misadaptation; opportunities; perspective; problem solving; suffering
arising out of relationships require wisdom (28:5.13)
believers
allow Adjusters to strengthen while wrestling with (111:7.3)
challenged and invigorated by (26:5.3) (130:6.4) (156:5.21)
courageously face problems of universe reality (91:8.2)
gospel is solvent for d. (194:2.1)
many are the afflictions of the righteous, but God delivers them (131:2.10)
Master’s love does not deliver us from d. (180:1.5)
must traverse fringe of conflict (159:3.7) (160:1.6)
not concerned by temporal upheavals (176:3.2)
those seeking God delivered from captivity (130:1.2)
unafraid when overtaken by (48:6.35) (156:5.13,21) (159:3.13)
use moral power and spiritual energy to solve d. (166:3.8)
when clouds gather overhead, look beyond mists of mortal uncertainty (108:6.8)
wrest victory from jaws of defeat (127:6.12)
benefits of difficulties
Andon and Fonta bred in difficult environment (61:6.3)
man learned industry through oppression (69:8.8)
many find God seeking divine help to resolve d. (103:2.4)
many truths only felt in adversity (48:7.18)
missteps because perfection is goal, not origin (75:8.6-7)
must be encountered as training for soul (154:2.5)
prepare us for wisdom, higher learning (132:7.2)
times of testing always times of great revelation (195:9.3)
cannot be changed unless Father wills (147:3.3)
cannot talk men out of some perplexities (143:3.1)
challenge mediocrity and defeat the fearful (48:7.7)
Creators made universes in which d. abound; misadaptation inherent in growth (23:2.12) (25:3.7) (105:6.4)
do not ask God to solve your (91:6.5)
Father participates in our struggles (1:5.15-16)
friendship lessens sting of (160:2.9)
future will exhaust possibilities for misadaptation (117:7.13)
intellectual and emotional d. do not interfere with certain survival of God-knowing soul (110:3.5)
Jesus
did not participate in social d. (143:3.1)
left untangling of d. to outworking of Father’s will (137:5.3)
refused to apply material tests to spirit problems (136:9.9)
Judas blamed others for his own d.; never went to Jesus with personal d. (193:4.7,10)
mankind must solve its own problems (65:3.6)
many are nonexistent, creations of exaggerated fear (143:3.6)
mortal affairs do not long run smoothly (75:8.6-7) (128:5.7)
mortal struggling is not in vain (32:5.1-2)
much difficult to reconcile with idea that truth prevails (194:3.2)
perspective gained only by studying situation’s origin, history, and destiny (19:1.5-12)
portion of all who refuse to grow up (156:5.18)
problem avoidance is animal trait which morontia career eradicates (48:5.8)
religion sorts, evaluates, and solves most d. (196:3.1)
testing reveals man’s soul (165:6.2)

Cross-references

See also challenges
See also compensations
See also conflict
See also confusion
See also misadaptation
See also opportunities
See also perspective
See also problem solving
See also suffering

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