Nothing, absolutely nothing is wasted, or without forgiveness..... Not any suffering, divorce, death, loneliness, weakness, abortion, abandonment, not anything. God uses everything for His glory. Don't blame God for things that you don't understand. Mark 4: 34, Get alone with Him and He will begin to explain everything to you in His Word.
Hebrews 12: 1-3... We are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses who have gone on before us. When we face hardship or discouragement, it's easy to lose sight of the big picture. But we are not alone. Many have already made it through this life, and have gone through far much more than I pray to ever experience. Hard times, even suffering is a training ground for followers of Christ. It matures us, and develops us to look more like Jesus. There is sweet victory in the end.
A very comforting verse for me is, 2 Corinthians 4:17-18, "For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.".... Just like a runner focuses on the finish line and ignores the discomfort of pressing forward, we too are to focus on what we have eternally...at the finish of our life. 1 Peter 5: 8-10, "And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast."
One of my favorite scripture in all the bible, is where Jesus prays for us in John 17:15-25. I like to put my name in where Jesus is praying to His Father. Try it.... "My payer is not that You take____ out of the world, but that You protect ____ from the evil one." I just love that!! Read the rest and do that.
You see, we are not going to never have any difficulties or suffering this side of heaven. Some of us may have heavier crosses than others. But we are to wear our cross while we wait for the crown and tell the world of the full treasure we found in Jesus!!
My prayer for all of us, is that we stay... 1 Corinthians 15:58, "Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain." Remember..."Nothing is wasted"
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Kim
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