Psalm 50:15
Problems Have a Purpose
God will use whatever he wants to display his glory. Heavens and stars. History and nations. People and problems. Death of a loved one or even a loved one who is suffering and is praying for death to take them. I remember my Grandaddy. He died around the age of 92. He was crippled, he was almost blind and he was in excruciating pain day in and day out as he laid in a bed in the nursing home. I would go to see him and he would cry to me and ask why God wouldn't just take him. But before I would walk into his room each time, before he knew that I was there, he would be praying to God to take care of my little brothers. He did this every day, all day long. He loved those boys with a heart like no other. I realized that maybe God needed my Grandaddy to stay on this earth, suffering and crying to go to his Heavenly home, because he was such a prayer warrior. Maybe my brothers needed his prayers because they couldn't pray for themselves and no one else was. I have no idea. What I do know is that my Grandaddy was the best example of a Christian that I have ever known! I miss him to this day and I am so grateful to have spent as many years with him as I did. Floyd Donica, you are missed and loved to this day❤️
A season of suffering is a small assignment when compared to the reward.
Rather than begrudge your problem, explore it. Ponder it. And most of all, use it. Use it to the glory of God…
Your pain has a purpose. Your problems, struggles, heartaches, and hassles cooperate toward one end—the glory of God.
—It’s Not About Me
Heavenly Father, when problems and pain come my way, help me to remember that nothing comes into my life without your approval. Rather than complain and cry about the challenges I face, help me consider them as opportunities to bring glory to you. Give me the strength and patience to bear my burdens in a way that will honor you. I will lift my eyes off the trials and keep them fixed firmly on you, amen.
Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us.
Daniel 3:17
Not a word failed of any good thing which the Lord had spoken to the house of Israel. All came to pass.
Joshua 21:45
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
Psalm 34:19
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