Transformed by Trouble
“We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair.  Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.”  II Cor. 4: 8-9.

God has a purpose behind every problem.  He uses circumstances to develop our character. No one is immune to pain or insulated from suffering, and no one gets to skate through life problem-free.  Life is a series of problems.  Every time you solve one, another one is waiting to take its place. Not all of them are big, but all are significant in God's growth process for you.  God uses problems to draw you closer to himself.  Your most profound and intimate experiences of worship will likely be in your darkest days.  We learn things about God in suffering that we can't learn any other way.  Remember, "YOU'LL NEVER KNOW THAT GOD IS ALL YOU NEED, UNTIL GOD IS ALL YOU'VE GOT."
Regardless of the cause, none of your problems could happened without God's permission.
Everything that happens to a child of God is Father-filtered, and he intends to use it for good even when satan and others mean it for bad.
 
God's plan for your life involves ALL that happens to you, including your mistakes, your sins, and your hurts.  God can bring good out of the worse evil.  If you will give God all your distasteful, unpleasant experiences, he will blend them together for good.May you be transformed by your trouble!

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