Turning Pain Into Praise

2 Corinthians 1:7-11

7And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.

8We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. 9Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 10He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, 11as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our[a] behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.

Bee's Thoughts:

Sometimes, God allows pains in our lives so that we will learn to rely fully on Him. Not that He likes to see us suffer, but often our sufferings come as a result of our own doings. We have to learn from our mistakes and with God's help not to repeat them again and again.

What is God trying to teach me recently?

Lives are full of predicaments and uncertainties without God. Remove God from my life and I will instantly feel the emptiness and hopelessness within. Without God life is meaningless and I don't know the reason for my existence.

With God in my life, all life's trials seem more bearable.

Dear Lord,
Thank You for seeing me through so many trials in my life. Some pains I experienced may be due to my ignorance or my not seeking Your ways. Yet through all of them, You have never let me be destroyed and You constantly kept me in Your love.
I pray that You will continue to help me learn to walk in Your way instead of mine. I ask for Your strength as I go through life's uncertainties. One thing I am very certain is You will never leave me nor forsake me, and You have prepared a place for me in heaven when it's time I should leave this earth.
Thank You in Jesus' name. Amen.