When life is tough

What do you do when life is tough? I have a few friends who are going through really hard things at the moment. It is difficult to know what to say and what to do to help. Maybe that is because there is nothing we can do to help. We can't take away their pain, but we can be there with them through it. Sometimes we just have to grit our teeth and get on with living one step at a time until we make it through the difficult bits. And be thankful that we have a God who is there with us every step of the way.