I said a prayer, took my pain pills, and waited. Those 30 minutes seemed like forever. But I was able to persevere because I knew that help was on the way.
The pains of life, however, are often not so simple.
God allows the pains life brings to happen in order for us to grow in our knowledge of Him and His love. He allows those times of pressure to give us opportunities to press into His presence. He lets the storm winds blow, so we can anchor ourselves more deeply in Him.
Sadly, we often want just a quick remedy. We want to say our little prayer for God's help, and see Him instantly come through for us. We want the pain to leave immediately.
It's true. No one likes to experience pain. No one wants to suffer heartache. Yet God does everything for a reason. Everything works according to His plan.
Sometimes He does give us immediate relief. More often than not, He chooses to move at a slower pace than what we would like. He has a higher plan for us, and that may be the only way to get us there.
So don't just look on the surface of what you are going through. Set your mind on the higher plain that your Heavenly Father is on, and look with the eyes of the Spirit.
He may be allowing the hurt to push you out of your comfort zone into the greater realm of His glory. He may be staying silent to bring you deeper into His Word to learn truths you would have never gone after otherwise.
Stay strong. Obviously God knows that you can handle it, or He would have never sent it in the first place.
Verse of the Day: For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:8, 9
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