In the world we live in, it becomes easy to get discouraged. We often ask ourselves why a loving God will allow for so much suffering. We are told that to suffer is to be more like Christ who suffered for our sins.
However, the Love of God does not translate to suffering and pain to those who truly know God as LOVE.
It is impossible to know the mind of God as His ways are Higher than our ways and His thoughts higher than our thoughts. However, it is our view of situations and circumstances that cause our reaction, beliefs, and/or states of awareness regarding all things.
It is our perception of events that causes us to accept one incident as a blessing and another as pure suffering.
How then do you view the trials and tribulations that come into your life?
Do you immediately respond with sorrow, fear, complexity of confusion?
Do you fluctuate between faith and hope and disbelief and worry?
Do you beat yourself up for your "human nature" that causes you to question your worthiness as a strong man or woman of faith when you find yourself experiencing the pain and sorrow that comes with some of the most incomprehensible events of your life?
Ask yourself, however, how often you have found yourself in this same position emotionally and spiritually?
How often have you felt this way?
Is this feeling not becoming familiar to you?
Look back on the times you have been here before and look at yourself now... Haven't you always made it through?
Haven't you been blessed beyond measure despite the adversity?
Although life has not always been comfortable and every day not a perfect one of peace and abundance, haven't you always been "okay"?
