Today I got to get away and meet a friend for lunch. We talked for hours. I loved hearing her stories…of how God has worked in her life and how God is using these experiences to help others. As we shared the stories of our lives, I realized once again how God can redeem our pain if we let Him. The very things that we thought would destroy us…or the things that we thought we could never heal from… these are the very things that God has the power to redeem…to turn around and use to help others. Sometimes we think that we have walked through the storm or the trial in vain… that it has stolen so much from us… Yet, as I hear the stories of other women, I am so blessed and reminded that when we go through these times, we experience God at a new level and we never truly walk out of it empty handed. God gifts us with comfort, grace, compassion, wisdom, discernment, greater faith, and with strength. He also gives us the opportunity for more effective ministry. Romans 8:28 becomes very real to us. “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
“Dear Lord, we thank You that we are in Your hands. We thank You that nothing will separate us from Your love. We thank You that “Greater is He that is in us than He that is in the world.” We thank You that “You who have begun a good work in us will carry it on to completion.” We ask You to encourage those who are going through trials tonight. We ask You to redeem all the broken places in our lives and turn it around…to work it for good. We ask You for eyes to see the things that You have deposited in our hearts as we walk with You through the fire. We ask YOU to carry those who are going through the fire. We have sisters and their family members who are going through sickness tonight. Please heal them. We will look for the blessings in the battle… believing that You will never allow us to go through something without walking through it with us!”
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