From Pain to Possibility: Trusting God’s Bigger Story

• By candidasullivan
• April 30, 2025
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What if it all works out better than you can even imagine?

I’ve lived most of my life in a doom-and-gloom mindset, and the worst-case scenario has plagued me continuously. When all the possibilities of bad things that could happen to me swirled in my mind every day, it caused me to become so very depressed. But in all of my imagined pain, I NEVER ONE TIME IMAGINED SOMETHING AMAZING HAPPENING TO ME.

Tears burn my eyes as I sit here now with a bit of wisdom and knowledge of how our minds work and the power of our thoughts. I literally kept myself in a downhill spiral of imagined tragedy for decades.

I allowed the enemy to make me believe that good things could never happen to me.

Even when God showed me good things, I struggled to believe they were possible. I was born with scarcity, and not feeling whole damaged me in some ways. I always felt less than others, and if I didn’t deserve the blessings.

And the enemy used the tragedy of what happened to me to keep me stuck in the pain. When I tell you I’ve felt tremendous pain for the majority of my life, it’s not an exaggeration. I understand physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual pain.

My heart aches for all of the doors God opened for me that I walked away from—all because I believed that I didn’t deserve the blessing. The hard part for me now is realizing that I was responsible for the pain. I welcomed it into my life and nurtured it every day, but not anymore.

Now, I envision the life I desire and know that it’s possible—not because I’m good, but because my Lord is so very good. My blessings are not based on my worth but on the grace and goodness of God.

I can’t wait to see what the Lord does in my life and how He chooses to bless me. I know that every blessing and good thing comes from above. God has been showing me BIG things that initially scared me to death, but now I’m so excited for it all.

I’ve served my time in a prison of pain and fear. God is the door, sweet friend. He is our way out of the pain. When we follow Him and trust Him, He will open a life for us greater than anything we can even imagine.

I want to live the remainder of my life in gratitude, love, and the beautiful possibility of God.

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