We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed. Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies.
Something I read in Aaron Boyd + Craig Borlase book which I felt like sharing.
"In life, we are often impatient. We spend so much of our time wanting to be able to see the full picture, to find reason or logic behind life's challenges and hardships, to understand the answer to our deepest questions. We want answers to the eternal questions of why. Why me? Why this? Why now?
Perhaps in the rush to get past the struggles, pain and suffering, we miss out on what is to be gained from being in the middle of it.
Perhaps by glossing over the weakness, the sadness and the brokenness, we miss out on the strength, the love, the joy.
Perhaps in our desire to have life mapped out, we end up getting ourselves horribly lost.
Perhaps in our climb to figure out the formula for life, we realize there is none.
Perhaps it would be better if we just allowed ourselves to be with God and trust Him in the middle of the darkest times.
- Its a lie if things look okay on the outside, they look the same within. They missed the mark that spirituality is about the pursuit of God; it is a personal affair, not a corporate exercise in impressing others or getting as much out for yourself as is possible. - "
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