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Is it a blessing in disguise? Whenever you go through a tough situation in your life, Here are three ways to know It\u2019s a blessing in disguise\u2026<\/p>\n
Sometimes things happen which we will never understand. Things like the loss of a job, the end of a\u00a0relationship, or even the death\u00a0of a loved one can hurt us to our core.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s hard to see the bright side when you\u2019re filled with so much grief and doubt.<\/p>\n
3 Ways To Know It\u2019s a Blessing in Disguise:<\/p>\n
Sometimes we forget that we still need God even when things are going well\u00a0in our lives.<\/p>\n
Sometimes when life is smooth sailing we stop praying as much, praising God\u00a0as much, going to church as much, or start to believe that we are better than others.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve personally experienced this. When I lost my job, I had to live\u00a0on a strict budget. It meant going without some of the lavish things that I didn\u2019t particularly need.<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t need them, but I\u00a0wanted them. What I found was\u2026 that I was\u00a0just fine without those things.<\/p>\n
Because of that difficult era in my life, I\u2019ve adapted\u00a0better spending habits.<\/p>\n
In Daniel 4:28-36 we learn of how God humbled King Nebuchadnezzar.\u00a0Nebuchadnezzar took credit for God\u2019s great doings and I\u2019m sure this angered God.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In Daniel 4:30 Nebuchadnezzar says \u201cIs this not Babylon the great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?\u201d<\/p>\n Before he could even finish those words God revoked his royal authority.<\/p>\n God took every thing away from him and sent him to the wilderness to be alone.<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t until\u00a0Nebuchadnezzar humbled himself before the Lord restored Nebuchadnezzar\u2019s kingdom.<\/p>\n Twenty one years ago, my mom passed away. I will never forget that day. So many mixed emotions consumed me as I prepared for her funeral. I wondered why God would take her away from me when I needed her the most.<\/p>\n I was going through a divorce at such a young age and facing unemployment all at the same time. Talk about when it rains it pours.<\/p>\n At the time, I didn\u2019t really have a relationship with Christ. I believed, I had heard stories, but never experienced Him for myself.<\/p>\n Fast forward to my mom\u2019s funeral, I cried the entire service. Not because I was mourning the loss of my mother or because I was angry at God for taking her away. But because I felt an unexplained closeness to God that I had never felt before. This was the turning point in my Faith walk. The moment I decided to be all in. The moment I surrendered.<\/p>\n This was my first time stepping inside a church in years\u00a0and for the first time I felt a since of peace and calmness. It was a feeling I still can\u2019t explain to this day.<\/p>\n Whatever this feeling was, I just wanted it to stay. My mom\u2019s funeral was the start of a beautiful relationship with God.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t believe for one minute that God took my mom as a punishment to me, but I do believe that as a result of her death, He lead me to the right church and pastor to\u00a0help me grow closer to Him.<\/p>\n Although, I still miss my mom tremendously to this day, I am able to see the bright side of her passing. I gave my life to Christ because of her. I\u2019m sure she\u2019s proudly looking down on me from heaven.<\/p>\n After it\u2019s all said and done, God always knows best. He works it out for our good. I can\u2019t name a single time when God took anything away from me without replacing it something much better.<\/p>\n It didn\u2019t happen overnight and I didn\u2019t like the dreadful process, but His grace always made a way.<\/p>\n I remember when a friend of mine was laid off from her job. She cried for days, maybe even weeks.<\/p>\n Not because she loved her job so much, but because for the first time in a long time she was uncertain of what her future now held.<\/p>\n She didn\u2019t know if she would lose her home and was unsure whether or not she would be able to provide for her children.<\/p>\n However, she hated the job with every fibre of her being and she prayed to God daily for a new job. She\u2019d even ask others to pray for her as well.<\/p>\n She had been on many job interviews, but none of them ended well. All paying about the same as her last job or less.<\/p>\n One day she came across a job listing for a position which was \u201cway out of her league\u201d. According to the requirements listed in the job description, she was under qualified.<\/p>\n She figured, since she hadn\u2019t been blessed with any of the others, she had nothing to lose at this point.<\/p>\n She applied, They called her a week later to extend an invitation for an interview.<\/p>\n By the end of that interview, the interviewer basically told her that the position was hers.<\/p>\n Under the condition that everything on her job application was verified to be true and pending her background check. But she wasn\u2019t worried about that.<\/p>\n Here she was, stressed out because she couldn\u2019t even get a minimum wage job, not knowing that the minimum wage job was EXACTLY what God was trying to deliver her from.<\/p>\n God heard every one of her prayers. Yes He may have taken away her job, but He replaced it with one paying almost 3 times the amount she was used to earning and with one which she loved.<\/p>\n Sometimes God will use our deepest pain for His glory to mold us into a better person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Is it a blessing in disguise? Whenever you go through a tough situation in your life, Here are three ways to know It\u2019s a blessing in disguise\u2026 Sometimes things happen which we will never understand. 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Did it bring you closer to God?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. (James 4:8)<\/em><\/h3>\n
3. Did you find His grace to be sufficient?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (Hebrews 4:16)<\/em><\/h3>\n