Monday, April 25, 2011

God is bigger than our pain

There are all kinds of pain. We go through heartbreak, losing friendships, death, depression, self esteem issues, bad grades, mean people, hurtful words, and the list goes on. To overcome pain we have to realize that God is bigger than our pain. He could take it away in a second. He could make our lives perfect if He wanted. Then why doesn't He? Because he gives us free will and we as human fall to sin. In the garden Eve was tempted by Satin and she fell into that temptation. God could no longer have Adam and Eve there because they broke the one rule He made. But He still loved them. He still loves us. Adam and Eve chose sin so that is what we have to live with today. We have to live with the temptaion from Satin. He causes pain and suffering in the world but God uses that pain to bring us back to Him. He has a plan.
How great could a plan be that lets us suffer? It is actually pretty brilliant. We as humans want to run our own lives, make our own path, and not have to listen to somebody. Satin puts greed and power on our minds. God uses pain and struggles in our lives to humble us. He breaks us down to the point where we have no other choice but to turn to Him or live in our sorrow. He has to have some way to get our attention. Offering us eternal life and unconditional love is apparently not enough in our minds. We want more. We want material things and we want power. That's all that Satin fills our mind with. That power includes power over our own lives. But that's not what God's intention was for us.
So if he can't get our attention with His love and grace alone He has to Make us see it. He has to make it so we see that we can't do it alone. God said that He will never give us more than we can handle, but that's with Him by our side. It will be to much to handle if we go it on our own. God gave us free will and a lot of times we choose badly in our freedom. We choose to follow what Satin tells us instead of what God tells us. God wants us to follow Him.
Pain hurts. Struggles are hard and frustrating. But in the midst of them look for God. There is a good chance He will show you something  to help make you stronger and grow in Him.
My advice: listen to Him. Let Him work in you, because it's more rewarding than anything on this earth.




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