ADVERSITY

ADVERSITY
C.S. Lewis likened God's use of adversity to walking a dog. If
the dog gets its leash wrapped around a pole and tries to continue
running forward, he will only tighten the leash more. Both the dog
and the owner are after the same end, forward motion, but the owner
must resist the dog by pulling him opposite the direction he wants to
go. The master, sharing the same intention but understanding better
than the dog where he really wants to go, takes an action precisely
opposite to that of the dog's will. It is in this way that God uses
adversity.