Forgiving someone for past grievances is to benefit YOU. The grudge you're holding damages you far more than them. They move on quickly. But that anger lives in you rent free. It's toxic for your soul!
When God wanted to make David a king, He didn't give him a crown, He gave him a Goliath.
A lot of times when you feel like God's "breaking" you, He's actually BUILDING you for a specific purpose!
“Men desperately want peace, but the peace of God is not absence from tension or turmoil, but peace in the midst of tension and turmoil.” —Billy Graham
Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
At times God is more interested in changing our minds than He is in changing our circumstances.
Prayer for the day: True love demands everything I have. Take all the hidden things in my life that keep me from loving You and my neighbor as I should. Let me obey Your will unequivocally, dear Lord.
The Bible is still relevant.
The tomb is still empty.
The Gospel still works.
The Spirit still empowers.
The Church still lives.
Jesus still saves.
God is still good all the time.
Life is hard.
Complaining about it won’t make any hard stuff go away. But it will make what’s already hard even harder.
It’s just hard. Accept that.
But you are capable of doing hard things well!
Blessed are the poor who are rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God has promised to them that love him. They often enjoy the most lively foretastes of the glory which shall be revealed.
The future is being created right now. It's coming whether you participate or not. You don't honor the past by hiding from the future. You honor the past by understanding it then building something better!