Joy In Hardship

Joy In Hardship

There I was, 2 am on the 24-hour endurance hike as a squad leader. Everyone was groggy and exhausted from the last 20 hours of hiking, and gloomy darkness surrounded us during another break. This was hard. I had an idea! What if we get our minds off the hardship for a...
Joy In Hardship

Leveling Our Expectations for This Life

One of life’s biggest struggles is expectations. We hold expectations on everything: the economy, the weather, the job market, our friends and family. We expect things to go a certain way. We expect our bodies to perform when and how we ask them to. We expect...
Joy In Hardship

There Is No Growth Apart From Being Stretched

I have the privilege of running the Dive training for ALERT, and one thing that I often stress throughout my classes is hardship. “There is no growth apart from being stretched” is a quote that I frequently remind the dive guys of. There is an event that...
Joy In Hardship

Why Would You Create Difficulties?

Here at ALERT, we intentionally incorporate difficulties and challenges into our training. You may ask, “Why would you create difficulties for guys when life is already hard enough?” As I think about how we’ve built our training, this scripture comes to mind:...
Joy In Hardship

Two Truths About Life

I have lived just long enough to learn two truths about life: First, life is hard. It always has been, and it always will be. Life is hard, whether due to our poor choices or as a result of living in a sinful and broken world. There is no getting out of it. There is...
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