What if every part of your journey has a purpose?

• By candidasullivan
• July 26, 2024
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What if it was all supposed to happen? All of it. Even every ounce of heartache and pain. What if every part of your journey has a purpose? What if it is all beautiful and woven together to create you and your unique purpose? Would it change how you feel about your heartache, pain, shame, guilt, and feelings of worthiness? 

Knowing this in the depths of my soul somehow changes me. As I’ve gone back over some of the painful moments in my life, I am willing to see things differently. I’m amazed at how being open to a new perspective changes my feelings about things. I can see painful moments as a blessing because they brought me here with this experience, wisdom, and knowledge. 

I can see how it has all worked for my good. Each life experience has given me something I wouldn’t have otherwise had. And some of the most painful moments have given me the greatest blessings. 

So, I’m willing to look at each painful emotion as a gift. I’m willing to accept it happened for my good and release the unpleasant feeling. I don’t need to hold onto any bad feelings anymore. I can let go and let God teach me how to use every ounce for my purpose. 

I wouldn’t be the person I am today without each moment. If I changed one thing, I might change it all. I’m not perfect, nor do I have an ideal life, but I am incredibly blessed. I am saved by God’s amazing grace. If I removed the pain, it might have prevented me from getting saved and having a beautiful relationship with my Lord. And I can’t even imagine that possibility. 

As I thought about this last night and the trial I’m currently in, I have a different feeling. Instead of being upset that I was going through this hardship, I felt gratitude that God chose me. 

I get to go through this with my Lord. I get to grow and change and have a life’s purpose that is much bigger than mine. I feel like I have been set free from all the pain and emotions that I struggled to feel.

The enemy tries to tear me apart each day. He uses so many things to cause me to stumble. Instead of resisting the attacks and trying to pray them away, I want to get to the point of accepting them and saying thank you!

Because I know my Lord will take them all and use them for His good. 

Romans 8:28 KJV

28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

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