Overcoming the difficulties

Tags: Abandonment to God, Defects, Divine sonship, Ascetical struggle, Optimism, Supernatural outlook, difficulties

For a son of God each day should be an opportunity for renewal, knowing for sure that with the help of grace he will reach the end of the road, which is Love.
That is why if you begin and begin again, you are doing well. If you have a will to win, if you struggle, then with God’s help you will conquer. There will be no difficulty you cannot overcome.
The Forge, 344

Cheerfulness, and supernatural and human optimism, can go hand in hand with physical tiredness, with sorrow, with tears (because we have a heart), and with difficulties in our interior life or our apostolic work.
He who is perfectus Deus, perfectus Homo, perfect God and perfect Man, and who enjoyed every happiness in Heaven, chose to experience fatigue and tiredness, tears and suffering...so that we might understand that if we are to be supernatural we must also be very human.
The Forge, 290

It looks as if the whole world is coming down on top of you. Whichever way you turn you find no way out. This time, it is impossible to overcome the difficulties.
But, have you again forgotten that God is your Father? —all-powerful, infinitely wise, full of mercy. He would never send you anything that is evil. That thing that is worrying you, it’s good for you, even though those earth-bound eyes of yours may not be able to see it now.
Omnia in bonum! Lord, once again and always, may your most wise Will be done!
The Way of the Cross, IX, 4

Let us not forget it: when fulfilling the divine Will, you can get over obstacles, or under them..., or you can go round them. But..., they can be overcome!
Furrow, 106

Have you seen how water is stored in reservoirs against a time of drought? In the same way, to achieve the even character that you need in times of difficulty, you have to store up cheerfulness, clear insights and the light which the Lord sends you.
Furrow, 788

We must, then, have faith and not be dispirited. We must not be stopped by any kind of human calculation. To overcome the obstacles we have to throw ourselves into the task so that the very effort we make will open up new paths. Personal holiness, giving oneself to God, is the one cure which overcomes any difficulty.
Christ Is Passing By, 160