Testing. Trials. Storms.
Where have I been? I've been having 50 million assignments due.... ok so maybe not that many. I've also been facing different trials. Trials and tests are instruments I believe the Lord uses to mold and to shape us to become more like Jesus. The entirety of my 20+ years the Lord has used different ways of drawing me and shaping me to be more like him.
God uses everything to work for our good. It may not be good to you but it is good for you. Let's start by looking at my childhood. My life was far less from perfect by growing up in a broken Christian home. My mother was faced with several medical issues from the time I was a small child. Through various other circumstances, my parents were separated for the course fourish/ fiveish years. Then they divorced. I was bitter, angry, and confused. I was hurt by my mother's choices at the time. I couldn't see the full outcome of my parents divorce and how it would affect just a few more years down the road. A few years later my dad, my brother, and I moved down to South Carolina by the calling of the Lord. My dad got remarried to my now step-mom and we started attending a small baptist church. In the next several months, I began to feel conviction by the Holy Spirit. I knew the gospel but I didn't know Jesus. The months of conviction in my heart led me to see me... my sin and my depravity and the fact that I needed Jesus. The bad things that happened to me in my childhood led me to get saved. My parents divorce may have been bad but God used their divorce to draw me to the one who saved me and the best decision of my life .
Even when we don't understand the troubles of our lives we can look to the one who does. I was having academic trouble in school and other stressors in my life my senior year of high school. I experienced my first bout of depression. This season of my life was a rough one and a tough one. I learned that even in the storm, Jesus reaches out and saves us from falling. He will not leave and and he will not let you fall. Though the storms of life are testing, trying and more than we can handle at times, there is a savior who will carry you through. Just trust him.
God uses everything to work for our good. It may not be good to you but it is good for you. Let's start by looking at my childhood. My life was far less from perfect by growing up in a broken Christian home. My mother was faced with several medical issues from the time I was a small child. Through various other circumstances, my parents were separated for the course fourish/ fiveish years. Then they divorced. I was bitter, angry, and confused. I was hurt by my mother's choices at the time. I couldn't see the full outcome of my parents divorce and how it would affect just a few more years down the road. A few years later my dad, my brother, and I moved down to South Carolina by the calling of the Lord. My dad got remarried to my now step-mom and we started attending a small baptist church. In the next several months, I began to feel conviction by the Holy Spirit. I knew the gospel but I didn't know Jesus. The months of conviction in my heart led me to see me... my sin and my depravity and the fact that I needed Jesus. The bad things that happened to me in my childhood led me to get saved. My parents divorce may have been bad but God used their divorce to draw me to the one who saved me and the best decision of my life .
Even when we don't understand the troubles of our lives we can look to the one who does. I was having academic trouble in school and other stressors in my life my senior year of high school. I experienced my first bout of depression. This season of my life was a rough one and a tough one. I learned that even in the storm, Jesus reaches out and saves us from falling. He will not leave and and he will not let you fall. Though the storms of life are testing, trying and more than we can handle at times, there is a savior who will carry you through. Just trust him.
Like I always say... He always gives us more than we can handle so that we need to depend on Him! He's so faithful... Even when we are not faithful.
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