This is just a sharing and quoted from the book above...
We do not learn the great lessons of life in times of ease and prosperity, comfort and joy. The greatest character-building and faith-strengthening lessons come during times of difficulty and heartache.
God doesn't waste anything-not even our heartaches and trials. As hard as they may be when we are living through them, they have a purpose in God's eternal plan, and often a major part of that purpose is to help us grow in our faith.
Life has to be lived in forward motion but can only be understood by looking back. This demands that we trust in the loving purposes of a sovereign God. we must trust that He is in control-especially when life seems to be out of control.
We want to take charge, manipulate, and control. But God wants us to trust in the love of a Father who makes no mistakes. He wants us to rely on the One who makes us "more than conquerors through Him who loved us" (Romans 8:37).
"Praise God for the hammer, the file, and the furnace. The hammer molds us, the file sharpens us, and the fire tempers us."
-Samuel Rutherford-
1 comment:
wow. That just ministered to me. Thanks :)
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