Strength through the pain

The verse for this entry is 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 which says "Each time he said, My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness. So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. That's why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong."

I also took some lyrics from the song "Healing" by Riley Clemmons to add to my page.

When we go through trials and hardships in our lives it is really easy to become discouraged and start to feel like God is not even there with us. That is how I felt 8 years ago when I found out my husband cheated on me. It sunk me to a place lower than I could have ever imagined one could go and still be alive. Over the next few years I began to doubt whether or not God was even real because what kind of God would allow such pain to enter his child's heart?! Many times I straight up yelled at God, probably cursed at him too. I was so angry that my marriage, that was supposedly ordained by God, could be in the shambles it was in. The man I thought God had chosen for me had betrayed me and broke my heart, all for what? I prayed so many times for God to just remove the hurt, I would cry out and beg him to just let me feel better. I didn't want to walk through all the pain I was in. I had made a decision to stay with my husband and work things out but I just wanted to be on the other side of that, I didn't want to walk through the inevitable pain it was going to take to get to the other side. But God, in all of his mercy and love walked along side me, he never threw me away for being mad at him. I think he understood. Now that I am on the other side and I have full restoration in my marriage it is easy for me to look back and see why it was so very important that I walked through all the hard stuff....it made me stronger. It set my feet on a path of redemption and it gave me an incredible testimony that I can now use to help others who are facing similar circumstances. So when life throws whatever it throws at you, take heart in knowing that God is strengthening you through it, because when you are weak, you are strong!!

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