Life Experience

God is not punishing you, He is preparing you. Trust his plan not your pain. Amen

Hard to follow those words when your in the thick of a crisis. But I believe that God will never ask us to do anything difficult unless it will lead us to a better life. Gods word is medicine for our wounded souls. The problem lies not in being wounded but in whether or not we are willing to be healed.

Psalm 119:105 Your words are a flashlight to light the path ahead of me, and keep me from stumbling.

God wants to fight your battles. We have to learn how to work with God and his plan for our lives. That is why we need to continue growing and learning. It is a process that continues throughout our lives.

Don’t make permanent decisions on temporary emotions.

Sometimes when we are hurt we make decisions that if given a little time we would have never made at all. God uses our wounds to give us wisdom. Sometimes instead of asking why we need to be asking what is this teaching me? Brennan Manning said….in a futile attempt to erase our past, we deprive the community of our healing gift. If we conceal our wounds out of fear and shame, our inner darkness can neither be illuminated nor become a light for others.

Being experienced is a benefit, but getting the experience is painful.

Proverbs 3:13 We learn by God’s Word and by life’s experience.

We are prone to despising the painful things we have gone through in life, but God can use them to help others if we will let him. He gathers up the fragments of our broken lives and makes sure that nothing is wasted.

Psalm 62:1 Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him.