The word “affliction” is defined as pain, suffering, distress and calamity. It is obvious that we cannot escape this life without experiencing these things and even death. Psalm 34:19 says it this way, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous.” Proverbs 13:15 tells us, “The way of transgressors is hard,” and it is even more so when one does not turn to the Lord in these times.