​Seven ways to respond to adversity

Author Jenny Sanders gives tips on how to tackle the blows that life brings, and reminds us that Jesus promises to walk with us through them.

Jesus himself told us, ‘In this world you will have trouble’ (John 16.33).  We shouldn’t be surprised then whether it creeps up on us incrementally or ambushes us in a dramatic, side-swiping blow.

Bereavement, redundancy, betrayal, loss, disappointment, financial collapse, relational breakdown, failed exams, rejection, poverty, illness… the list is bleak but not unfamiliar.