Many times in my life I have wondered if where I am at is where I need to be. You ever have those times when you just question everything that is going on around you? Why this? Why that? Why is this person all of a sudden being this way to me? Why all these changes? I used to think that everytime I was faced with this, it was time to run away from that situation or place. But as I have grown to learn through the years, sometimes God has to put you through something that you might not learned on your own, in your current condition. In other words, God had to put me through something, to learn something that I thought I had learned already. (is it making sense yet?) We think when God puts us in a place, everything should be rosey and great. And for sometimes it is. But if we stay in that constant state of contentment, we turn into having a constant state of complacement also. Think of Joseph…God gave him a dream, and then immediately after telling his brothers of this dream, he is thrown into a pit, sold to some people, and moved away from his homeland. Now Joseph could have been thinking “Way to go God! What now?!” but I believe that he understood (maybe just a little) that God had to rearrange his surroundings and current condition, to prepare him for greater things. It didnt make immediate sense at that point and time when he was going through what he was going through, but in the end when he had the oppurtunity to preserve a nation, and ultimately his family…it all of a sudden bloomed into what God wanted all along. Many times you hear of great stories where people tell of great peril, impossible circumstances, and horrible surroundings…and then hear of their triumphant victory over all odds. The common thread in these stories is that they all say “if I had to do it all over again…I would” or “if that was the only way I could learn what I know now…then it was worth it!” Dont get discouraged, or beat down the next time something changes and challenges you…look it in the eye…be reassured that you can do all things through Him…and enjoy the oppurtunity to learn along the way!
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