Piece 'a Cake

The young speaker described what he considered the worst trial of his life, a difficulty he’d encountered after his recent move. Having moved almost forty times, I’d experienced this trial numerous time.

“Piece 'a cake,” I thought. “I no longer consider that a trial, merely an inconvenience.”

Life is full of difficulties, pain and detours. And God uses them to develop our character because “suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope” (Romans 5:3-4).

If we refuse to accept trials, we miss the hope and maturity they bring. I know because I’ve done this at times. 

Thankfully, God keeps working with me when I resist.

And I'm coming to realize: “No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it” (Hebrews 12:11).

Romans 5:3-4 and Hebrews 12:11 confirm and expand the truth found in Romans 8:28.

Are you going through a trial? Let God strengthen you through it and you might be able to say, "Piece 'a cake" to the next trial.
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"The saying 'a piece of cake' means something that's simple to accomplish. If a school assignment is a piece of cake, it's so easy that you will barely have to think about it." (vocabulary.com) 

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