Trials To Treasures

   Praise the Lord Jesus.😇
I pray the Holy Spirit lead me on every word here.
First of all, I thank my Father in heaven for EVERY trial I have been through. It is always hard when I'm going through them, but it STRENGTHENS my Spirit and reaches deeper into my heart every time.
 I want to talk a little about some of the ways we may go through a trial. You may have a sick child, or you may be going through a divorce, or maybe you have lost someone very close to you.
It seems trials ALWAYS start out as if God is no where to be found, but he never leaves us nor forsakes us. Deuteronomy 31:6 We start out screaming, "Oh how could you let this happen to me." Then we beg a bit, and cry a bit. Then, we finally begin trying to listen to see if we can hear anything from the Lord. As bad as it seems the Lord is right there and He is stretching our faith.  He is desiring so much to get us still so He can show us a glimpse of why we are going through the trial, or,  how what you are going through is really going to make you strong, AND someone else as they see your strength. Soon we learn to quit blowing and worrying and die to our flesh more everyday.
Also, if you don't know about the enemy (the devil)..then ask the Lord to show you about the attacks and distractions of the devil. The fact is if we don't read the Word of God we won't know about his schemes and lies.
There are 4123 times in the Bible that says satan is the deceiver. We can save ourselves from a lot of deception if we read the Word of God and learn how to pray against some of the attacks.
After reading Ephesians 6 over and over I finally realized we don't wrestle with flesh (or people who are fearful, or angry, or evil), but we are wrestling or dealing with people who the enemy is targeting. Why do I bring up the enemy when I'm talking about trials? Because, when that trial or hardship hits us it is a perfect time the enemy sees us as weak and he will go on the attack to say things in our mind like, you were not a good wife anyway.. That's why your husband left you. Or, you are never going to get well. Or, you will never make anything of your life. He's A LIAR. Oh how he makes me mad sometimes.
Well, as for me.. after every trial it seems like new doors open. I look behind after it's all said and done and pray from my heart for those who were involved and look ahead with new anticipation for what the Lord has in store. Then when I get towards the end I can say I have earned everyone of these wrinkles.
~Thank YOU Father for every door we go through. Strengthen us to withstand every trial as You bring us through the storm. Touch every heart with YOUR sweet compassion, in JESUS NAME, Amen😇