We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense. Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one.
While those statements can make you wonder if it's all worth it, look at it from God's point of view. Do we grow by having things handed to us? An easy life with no pressure is not going to teach us anything except how to hold out our hand for more. The experience of living life makes us who we are, and God is much more interested in your character than your comfort.
God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy. When trouble finds us, where do we turn? For Christians the usual response is to turn to God. In doing so, we admit we are unable to make the right choices without Him. If we give our lives over to Him, He can change us into who He wants us to be, what He needs us to be. We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness.
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