Bible Verse Friday #23

"We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know they help us develop endurance". ~Romans 5:3

I've been working through some hurt lately.
A hurt that seems to return just when I think it's been resolved.

I want so badly to find a quick and easy answer for this complicated situation.
Yet I know that there isn't one.
The only way to work through the issue is to address it directly.
Still, I can't seem to find the words that I need to do so.
I fear that the words I choose will be misread and mistaken for something they are not.

So I mull over it.
I pray that God will give me peace.
I start and stop this process over and over again.
Always stopping short for fear that I already know the end result.

A friendship lost.

However, I should not discount God's hand in this.
He is amazing and without trying and trusting I will not know for sure what his plan is.

If it is what I fear, I will remind myself that sometimes friendships have seasons.
Sometimes...those friendships were never meant to be life-long, but rather temporary so as to teach something valuable.

In reading the above verse I must remind myself that whatever the outcome I can rejoice.
I am learning endurance.
I am learning to lean on him.

Regardless the outcome, I have much to be thankful for.
As I prepare for this situation to unfold I will dwell  rejoice on the blessings that I have been showered with lately.

Do you have something you need to do.
A problem you need to face?
Something that hangs over you and brings you down?

Remember that if HE brings you to it....HE will bring you through it!
For that I am forever grateful!

I hope you had a Blessed Friday!