Monday, January 18, 2010
THE MESSAGE IN THE TEST
Have you ever looked over your shoulder and asked yourself, why in the world did this happen to me or someone as nice as them? Have ever wished you could go back in time to change a devastating situation around?
Well, if you haven't....you are bound to sooner or later.
There are so many unexpected occurrences that transpire in our lives....how in the world could we be ready for them when they hit our families suddenly? I don't care how prepared we make ourselves for this or that...when it hits, it still shakes the very foundation we're standing on.
The best in us at times can reach a cracking point, depending on the amount of pressure applied. It has been often said; Prayer changes things. Mainly your outlook in a given situation. Until we can get ourselves to look deeper into the issue to attempt to find the real meaning behind it. We can't go any further into seeing a miracle come about due to blockage on our part.
I've seen so many situations turn around in my life, when I changed my posture from aggressive to forgiving. One might say; Lisa, how can I forgive someone who took my sons life? The same way God forgave us for taking His sons life...... Of course we we're there, but our ancestors were. They witnessed it, whether involved or not...they didn't stop it.
It takes a lot of maturity to step out on FAITH and FORGIVE someone for a crime or accident. However, the moment you make the decision to release a guilty person from the harm they caused....You can begin to heal your own heart from the anger, pain and the devastation which occurred....9.jpg)
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It never cease to amaze me how beautifully the Spirit of God can restore us to a place of peace again.....He knows the way we defend ourselves is through lashing out in rage & anger...but it never leaves us with peace, just vengeance. We want to fight and see to it, the persons FEELS the pain they have put the victims & their families through....It never truly appeases at all.
However, if you can step back from a situation when know one is around and ask yourself the question....What is the message in this test....then watch carefully to see the outcome unfold. It could very well be an answer to something major down the road.......
Everything we go through in life prepares us for the next thing coming behind it...all aren't tragic nor all glamours...whatever they maybe, lessons can and should be learned from them...so we can help someone else come through with a since of survival.
Whatever you're confronting at this time, get still and ask yourself, what good could possibly come out of this whole thing? What has it opened my eyes up to? Could it be an indication of more of the same down the road? Should I change directions and rethink other options for my life?
The answers are there, if we take the necessary time to set aside FEELINGS & EMOTIONS and get on our knees and ask God to show us what direction to go from this moment forward. He knows all, He sees all. He can't help us, if we never call on Him....
The Message In The Test is always there.
All we have to do is step back and it will become clear.
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