"It is good for me that I was afflicted, That I may learn Thy statutes" Psalm 119:71
Although this is a hard verse to apply, I think it is one of my favorites! Now don't worry, I haven't been afflicted with some horrible disease. My "afflictions" usually revolve around worrying about money or my husband's job search or currently our health insurance issues. All these little (well, to me they don't seem little) afflictions really show me my heart. Mainly how sinful I am! How easy I get worried and anxious and lose all my joy.
But it is in the times of affliction that I can cry out to God and really apply the statues or Scriptures to my life. Verses become so much more alive. I cry when I read things like "be anxious for nothing" or "don't worry it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom". And then over time a peace comes. Or something changes and it's like God saying "See, I was always there...why are you so quick to forget?".
And after each trial is "over" I seem to have a deeper understanding of God which helps me in the next one. Even though I don't like affliction and seem to like worrying, it really is good for me to be afflicted, so that I can be sanctified and He can be glorified.
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You make me want to be a better person. Thank you for sharing that, really, you are such a spiritual woman. I find it easy to forget that each test I'm given in life is simply just that, a test. so thank you for reminding me. Have you ever read THE ALCHEMIST by Paulo Coelho? I highly recommend that book to everybody and I know you would really appreciate it. It's one of my favorite
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