Stuff Happens
Gloria Calhoun, M.Ed.
Life has a way of throwing curveballs especially when we least expect them. You may have had specific plans of how you wanted your life to turn out. Maybe you wanted to be married before having children, or you planned to have a house with a white picket fence. Perhaps you have been healthy all your life and suddenly you're diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. Possibly you had plans of finishing school to get your dream job but had to take a detour on pursuing your degree. Even when it feels as though you keep getting what seems to be the short end of the stick, know that God has a purpose and plan for your life.
At your most embarrassing and lowest point in life, you may find yourself asking, "Lord, why me?" Have you considered that the Lord could be asking, " Why not you?" There are some things that God will allow to happen in your life designed to mold you into who he wants you to be. It's like working out and getting physically fit. In order to see results, more weight and more resistance have to be added in order to get the desired outcome. We have to go through something in order to get to our destiny. In order for flowers or grass to grow beautifully, the soil needs fertilizer to help refine the process. Just as fertilizer stinks, so can the difficulties of life. Although it may seem hard, we must trust God's will to be done and know that things happen for a reason. It may not make sense at the moment, but nothing just happens.
Once you've gone through and overcome a trial, share your experience with others. We are blessed to be a blessing. Someone else's breakthrough may be attached to your struggle. You are probably thinking, "let them go through their own stuff, I don't want this pressure". You'd be surprised that at your weakest moment, it can help someone going through something similar. Remember, no test, no testimony.
At your most embarrassing and lowest point in life, you may find yourself asking, "Lord, why me?" Have you considered that the Lord could be asking, " Why not you?" There are some things that God will allow to happen in your life designed to mold you into who he wants you to be. It's like working out and getting physically fit. In order to see results, more weight and more resistance have to be added in order to get the desired outcome. We have to go through something in order to get to our destiny. In order for flowers or grass to grow beautifully, the soil needs fertilizer to help refine the process. Just as fertilizer stinks, so can the difficulties of life. Although it may seem hard, we must trust God's will to be done and know that things happen for a reason. It may not make sense at the moment, but nothing just happens.
Once you've gone through and overcome a trial, share your experience with others. We are blessed to be a blessing. Someone else's breakthrough may be attached to your struggle. You are probably thinking, "let them go through their own stuff, I don't want this pressure". You'd be surprised that at your weakest moment, it can help someone going through something similar. Remember, no test, no testimony.
Stuff will happen in your life, if it hasn't already; keep living. Everyone will have both good and bad days. However, in your darkest hour; even when it seems the most frustrating, try to muster up the strength to look to God, trust him, and never give up. It was never said that there wouldn't be trials and trouble in our lives. Nonetheless, you can hold fast to the notion that weeping only lasts for a while and your joy will come again if you keep pressing forward.
