Mountains and Mole Hills

John 16:33b,
"In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world."

It's no new news that life is full of troubles; whether you call them storms or mountains, we all face them. 
In the midst of my own mountains whilst walking others through theirs in ministry, I've found that whether your a child dealing with bullying, a teen struggling with dating, a young adult in a financial crisis, or  a senior suffering with the loss of a spouse, when you're the one scaling the wall of these situations, a mountain is a mountain no matter it's size!

Throughout scripture we see the "greatest of Saints" facing their own kinds of mountains.

(In Gen. 6, Noah's was the building of an ark while the entire world mocked; in Exodus, Moses' was leading the children of Israel out pf Egypt into the Promised Land; David had Goliath, Daniel, a lion den full of lions; on & in it goes)

Now, Jesus speaks of faith with the power to cast these mountains out of our paths, however, I believe that many of these trials and difficult times of life are not meant to be cast but climbed! You see, it's in the climb that we grow strong, we learn our own strengths and more importantly our own weaknesses, but we also lean more deeply the mighty power and sufficient grace within the hand of God!
After all..

James 1:2-4 NASB

Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have  its  perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

And that's the Real Truth!