"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man…knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world…one event happeneth to them all."
God knows how to burst our bubble, so to speak. We are told all our temptations, sufferings, and experiences, are no different from our brethren's. True, the way they present themselves may come in different garb, but the intensity, sooner or later, is the same in each life.
It is important we do not isolate ourselves, putting ourselves in a special category from others of our kind. When we do, one of two things happens: either we will think our situation as impossible, therefore giving up hope; or we will take special, unscriptural liberties, thinking in such cases, God will wink at them.
However hard each case may be, when we feel like no one has ever gone through what we are, it is well to remember we are not the only ones in the boat.
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