Do Not Despise Your Struggles
I'm sure that it is every human beings' wish that they be given a get out of jail card when it comes to the different struggles that we go through in life. I know of very few people who get excited when life throws them a curve ball that has them feeling like they just received a punch to the stomach.
Trials and tribulations are a part of life, and some trials are bigger than others. Sometimes they'll have you thinking that everybody else's struggles look easy or light compared to yours. But there's probably someone looking at you and thinking that your troubles look like paradise compared to theirs. The other week I kept getting the thought that whenever we ask God for something, especially character traits, He will send us challenges that will build that character trait. For example, if you ask for patience, you will be placed in situations with other people where you are forced to exercise patience.
If you want a muscle to grow you have to exercise it frequently. It's going to hurt in the beginning, but if you keep on going the recovery will eventually become easier and the muscle will grow. This is why you cannot despise the struggles that you go through. Because that struggle is preparing you and setting you up for something you're supposed to do in the future.
You have to believe that you don't face struggles for the fun of it. There is a usefulness behind them. There is character trait development, there is knowledge being accumulated, there is practice being put in for something in future. Do not despise your struggles. It's not fun going through the fire, I'll agree with you there, but when you come out you are a stronger and wiser you.
The thing that has brought me the biggest peace these past few weeks is that God is able to see our beginning and our end at the same time. This means that even though the season that we're are going through doesn't make sense to us, in God's view it makes perfect sense. Somehow it ties to your past and propels you to your future. Even though those seasons are hard to go through, don't despise them. They have a usefulness.
Trials and tribulations are a part of life, and some trials are bigger than others. Sometimes they'll have you thinking that everybody else's struggles look easy or light compared to yours. But there's probably someone looking at you and thinking that your troubles look like paradise compared to theirs. The other week I kept getting the thought that whenever we ask God for something, especially character traits, He will send us challenges that will build that character trait. For example, if you ask for patience, you will be placed in situations with other people where you are forced to exercise patience.
If you want a muscle to grow you have to exercise it frequently. It's going to hurt in the beginning, but if you keep on going the recovery will eventually become easier and the muscle will grow. This is why you cannot despise the struggles that you go through. Because that struggle is preparing you and setting you up for something you're supposed to do in the future.
You have to believe that you don't face struggles for the fun of it. There is a usefulness behind them. There is character trait development, there is knowledge being accumulated, there is practice being put in for something in future. Do not despise your struggles. It's not fun going through the fire, I'll agree with you there, but when you come out you are a stronger and wiser you.
The thing that has brought me the biggest peace these past few weeks is that God is able to see our beginning and our end at the same time. This means that even though the season that we're are going through doesn't make sense to us, in God's view it makes perfect sense. Somehow it ties to your past and propels you to your future. Even though those seasons are hard to go through, don't despise them. They have a usefulness.