Trials

[traveller]

Job said,

Job 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

Have you had a trial in your life that brought you closer to God, or changed you for the better? And, did you recognize it being from God while you were going through it?

[refugepsa91]

Have you had a trial in your life that brought you closer to God, or changed you for the better?

I have had several, as I think we all go through trials. And yes everyone of them taught me something. So I would say yes they changed me for the better.

And, did you recognize it being from God while you were going through it?

Ah the hardest part was dropping my "Why me attitude" and adopting the "what is God trying to teach me" attitude. Its hard to do, its hard to ingrain in yourself that you can't fix everything yourself, you need God. And the hardest of all to accept is that sometimes God says no. It hurts at the time but you will understand why He said no in the days and months to come if you ask Him to show you.

Love and Blessings,

Angel

[Scarletprayers]

Oh traveller, what a loaded question! I am as we speak trying to not question God, to just put my total and utter trust in him, through this time of trial and grief.

Have I learned anything, yes, that I have absolutely no control over most things in my life, I can not wish, cry, scream, or sometimes even pray my way out of them, I just have to go through them, depending on the Lord to know what is right and good or necessary for me.

Knowing even if its bad, that my Lord and Savior can and will use it to good, if I allow him to.

[traveller]

Yes, the all important "Why Me, Lord?"

I went through a time in my life where it seemed like trials rained down around me, and like you do in a hail storm, I ran and ducked and hid. Of course, there was always the one that hit me right square on the head and stopped me in my tracks.

I also leaned to my own devices to avoid them or recover from them, instead of trusting God. All that did, really, was prolong it. Painfully. Agelessly.

Job knew his trial was from God. I didn't always because I didn't listen. And I certainly didn't always trust that it was going to turn out alright in the end.

It is a wise one that can sit down in the middle of his trial and ask, "What are you teaching me here, Lord? Open my eyes so that I may see."

[Avodah]

Traveller,

Job 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

Funny you should use that scripture.

I have come to know that one and Hosea 6:1 very well.

Come, and let us turn back to Yahoweh. For He has torn but He does heal us, He has stricken but He binds us up.

These scripture have become very dear to me! The Lord took me through a trial that lasted about 7 months. At one point I read: GOD will wound us, so he can heal us (properly). The minute my eyes read that, the Lord spoke to me and said, "That is what I am doing to you". It was the most painful time of my life but I wouldn't trade it for anything because of what the Lord taught me. After all was said and done, I knew, that I knew, that I knew that I was His beloved.

There is soooo much more to this story.

Blessings!

[ted]

Good subject.

Yes, I have been through many trials. My problem is that I constantly fail to recognize them for what they are, and kick and scream anyway!

May the Lord calm me.

t.

[RGR]

There are those times when that God has to keep bringing us through things for us to learn. Think of the Israelites after they left Egypt; what should have been an 11 day journey was a 40 YEAR journey. They were too stubborn to do what God was telling them to do. I've been at that point in my life too.

I made a major life decision w/o consulting Him very carefully and now I'm paying for it. But He has taught me that the next time I need to make a life altering decision, I'd better rely on Him, lol!!! I constantly find myself telling Him that I want His will to be done and if it's not from Him, I want nothing to do with it.

On a sidenote, I'd recommend getting the teaching series "Wilderness Mentality" from Joyce Meyer-very good teaching!!!!

[eric]

Job said,

Job 13:15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

Have you had a trial in your life that brought you closer to God, or changed you for the better? And, did you recognize it being from God while you were going through it?

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I can answer, yes, to all of those questions,Trav. especially when I made my decision to Follow Him. Funny thing tho, I never ever blamed God for things that didn't turn out the way I thought it should. I've always looked inwards at myself and asked myself what am I doing wrong. I'm a bit like Peter, I have a short fuse and it has got me into a lot of trouble, but the Lord has been working on it for years and now I'm getting a little more mellow and letting Him take control and hey, it works.

love ya,sis,

eric.