The past 356 days bring Romans 12:12 to life in such vivid color.
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 (NIV)
I always liked this verse but now I know this verse. Pain/affliction is the never the gift we would choose, we don't even see it as a gift or blessing. However, God uses it as His tool to bring about His desire. For everything the Lord allows in our lives, there is a purpose.
God allows:
Tests become our TESTIMONY.
Adversity becomes our ADVANTAGE.
A season of Less becomes our LESSON.
Tragedy becomes our TRIUMPH.
Mess becomes our ANOINTED MESSAGE.
All of God's people are ordinary people who have been made extraordinary by the purpose He has given them. ~Oswald Chambers
Pressing through the trial and praising Him in the storm. The battle belongs to Him and through His son Jesus we are victorious...
I rest confident in the One who gave the promise as I go through the process because I am learning that in the middle of the mess we find our miracle...(to be continued).