Pain cannot be avoided, but many times ut teaches us valuable truths that we could learn in no other way. We do not want any affliction to be wasted. There are lessons to be learned in the "valleys" of life and we want to learn them.
♤Here are a few of those lessons, though scripture gives many more:♤
• We can learn that there is always hope, and where our hope lies. Even in the darkest of times, the hope God provides will always remain. ( 2 Corinthians 4:17-18).
• We can learn that life may change direction at any time because it is subject to forces beyond what our eyes can see. While we can plan our way, it is God who determines our path. Our own plans are futile unless they are aligned to His. ( Jeremiah 19:23 and 29:12).
• We can learn what it means to experience the comfort of God. He has ways of ministering to our suffering that can come in no other way. ( Psalm 119:75-76).
• We can learn God's power to deliver. He is omniscient, omnipresent. There is nothing too hard for Him! ( Psalm 34:19).
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WHAT ARE SOME ADDITIONAL LESSONS THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM TIMES OF PAIN?
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☆Conclusion
God's intentions is to make all trials into blessing for us. It is possible to rejoice and give glory to God even in times of great suffering if we recognize that every painful experience can provide us with new compassion and concern for others.