Isiah 43:2-3

"When you go through deep waters and great trouble, I will be with you. When you go through the rivers of difficulty you will not drown! When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy one of Israel, Your Savior."

The fact that we encounter adversity is not nearly as important as the way we choose to deal with it. When tough times arrive we have a clear choice: we can lay down and let desperation drag us down or we can begin the difficult work of tackling our troubles. when we summon the courage to look trouble in the eye and amazing thing usually happens: it blinks, we overcome, and we are stronger for it.