There is more to life...than being healthy, than being happy, than being problem free, than being comfortable, than feeling good, than getting what we want, than being healed. There is more to life even than living!
And the "more to life" is the developement of our faith to the extent that our very lives display His glory! Jesus is glad, not that we suffer, but that we have the opportunity to grow in our faith and display His glory, which is the fulfillment of the very purpose for our existence. Sometimes He does not protect those He loves from bad things happening if He can use those bad thngs to fulfill His greater plan.
So often our primary ambition is to escape pain or feel good or be delievered from a problem when instead we need to keep our focus on the big picture of what God is doing in our life and in the lives of others through pain or problems. Our primary goal should be to glorify God, not to be happy, comfortable, problem free, etc.
Because if we always feel good, look good and lead a good life... if our home is always spic and span, and our bank account is always sufficient, if we are patient, kind and loving...others shrug because they are capable of being that way too, when everything goes right.
On the other hand... if we have a splitting headache, the supper is burning, the kids are yelling, yet we are still patient, kind and loving...the world sits up and takes notice. The world knows that kind of behavior is not natural. It's supernatural. And the glory of God is revealed in us!
God has a purpose for everything!
In His Love,
Dalinda
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