By Robin Taylor
There are times in life where we believe we are doing all the right
things and suddenly….. ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE.. The first question I
always found myself asking when these things happened was God,
why? or why me? What did I do to deserve THIS? How did I get here?
Where did I go wrong? These questions arose even in times when I
knew that God had warned me about what I had gotten myself into.
Then I came to the point in life that many of us come to… I finally
began to examine myself and seek God for His will for my life.
Devastating times in our lives will cause us to seek God and the reason
for the devastation. There are times we may bring these things on
ourselves and then expect God to turn it around. Other times there are
things that are simply out of our control, yet God still allows them to
happen. In everything that God allows there is always purpose, it is up
to us to seek the purpose of our pain.
This pain often reflects things in
us that He needs us to see and ask for assistance to change in order for
us to move towards the place He wants us to be. Gods work in us is a
process that we all must endure, even when we think we have it down
to a science there is always an opportunity for greater.
In turbulent times of process God has shown me how to truly love
myself and how to truly love others.
This vulnerability to love is not
necessarily putting yourself in dangerous situations, but being
considerate of others feelings and praying for God’s will to be done in
everyone’s life. Even if that means you don’t get what you think you
want. God’s reason for this processing is to cultivate trust in Him and
love in our hearts. Today’s norm is to be self-centered only thinking of
how things affect our own lives even though God has commanded us to
love Him, love ourselves and love others.
The pain we experience during processing arises through resisting the
urge to artificially heal our wounds by buying stuff, getting into new
relationships or other things that look profitable now, but have no
value in the long run. The place of pain makes it easy for us to cut
people off or just shut down and build a wall so high and so sturdy that
ONLY God could break through it. God will then lead us to the why
behind some of the things that people do and how to handle it. This is
where we can begin to place our full dependence in God and find
comfort and joy.
God has shown me that I have been forgiven…. so who am I not to
forgive others. Most importantly He urged me to pray for them, not in a
sense of they are evil and they need prayer, but they are human God
help them with their hurt. It’s been said often that hurt people hurt
other people and I have found that to be very true. When you pray for
people it is hard to stay mad at them and while you forgive them you
set them and most importantly yourself free from any anger or
judgment you may have been holding onto. Contrary to popular belief
forgiveness is never a sign of weakness, but a sign of your strength in
the Lord.
The important thing to always remember is although God does not
cause everything to happen He allows it. And if it is something bad He
will use it to work out for your good.
To grow you in a certain area, to
deliver a testimony to others, and to prepare you for the next level that
He wants to take you to. Never curse the path that you have taken.
Many mistakes have we all made but God allows us another chance to
allow Him to lead and prepare us for the blessing that He has already
prepared. Your current situation is only preparation for where God
wants to take you next, the sooner we realize this about our journey in
life the easier it is to let go of people, jobs, and how we think things
are supposed to happen. All these things add to happiness in some
form, but they can never replace the free gifts of joy and peace that
God freely gives, even in the midst of a storm.
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