When you stand back from the trouble and pain of your life and look at it all together in one big pile, it’s hard to know what the point is. What is God up to? Why would He allow the things He allows? What does He hope to get out of it? There are plenty of people who will give you lots of specific answers to those questions and you need to be wary of those folks. I don’t think any of us really knows anything about why God allows our troubles and pain. But at the same time, we do know He is up to something. We do know certain things He is doing in the middle of it all simply because He told us. It’s not that we know all the answers, but we do know some of the bi-products of our suffering. For one thing, I think we’re all getting tougher. You may not feel it happening, but you’re growing. Your lows don’t take you as low as they used to, and all the things that used to take you off track have to work harder to derail you. The worldly stuff that used to distract you just doesn’t get you as fired up as it used to and you’re able to bear up underneath more turbulence than you once were. You’re growing. The Lord said He would do this. He said the valleys would be filled in and mountains would be made low. He said rough places would be made smooth and rugged terrain would be made a plain. Jesus is making you a highway to Himself. In all you’ve gone through, God is changing you - clearing a path from your heart to His.
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