Life can be frustrating, especially if you have noble goals and objectives burning in your heart. Jesus himself expressed exasperation and frustration as is recorded in the Gospels. Many years ago I wrote a brief paper on the adversity which Jesus faced and overcame. In it I reflect upon his discouraging circumstances, flawed disciples, hostile opposition, brutal violence, suffering friends, and personal loneliness. Just as he overcame all of this, so also he expects us to do the same and tells us how. The paper can be accessed here.
Note: Harry Emerson Fosdick's The Manhood of the Master served as the basis for much of what is communicated in this paper. While I found his book to be enormously helpful for reflection upon Jesus' humanity, this is not an endorsement of all of his theological views.
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