Trouble will follow you to keep you distracted on purpose. The more you claim your faith, the more distractions seem to emerge from everywhere. If you say I'm going to abstain, then temptation shows up to test you. If you say you are going to exercise patience, then the most intolerable circumstance seem to show up. Just when you say "I love you" the things that you never saw before glares you in the face.

What's this all about? Distraction. Just prepare yourself so that you will recognize it when it comes. Surely, it's coming. It's on its way if it hasn't already showed up. But... when it does, put your blinders on and keep your focus....