07/04/2023
🕯️THE LIGHT IN THE DARK TIMES🕯️
“𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 [𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧] 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢 [𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘳], 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 [𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧]. 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 [𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥] 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥.”
2 Corinthians 1:8-9 AMP
Did Jesus suffer? Was he sometimes lonely? Was he tempted to be discouraged? Was he misunderstood, maligned, and criticized unjustly?
𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞! None of us are exempt from suffering, loneliness, discouragement, or unjust criticism, because God is developing within us 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭, and, in order to do this, he must take us 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭.
Does this mean God causes tragedies? 🅽🅾.
God is 🅶🅾🅾🅳, and he will not cause evil or do evil. 𝘽𝙐𝙏 God can use dark and stressful times for good. 𝑯𝒆'𝒍𝒍 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒖𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒘 𝒖𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔.𝑶𝒌𝒂𝒚
The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 1:8b-9, “We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure, and we thought we would never live through it. In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God, who raises the dead” (NLT).
So, what should you do when you’re going through difficult times?
1️⃣ You refuse to be discouraged.
2️⃣ You remember God is with you.
3️⃣ Rely on God’s protection and guidance.
We all go through difficult times. The difference for those who believe in Jesus is not the absence of the shadow but the presence of the 𝐋𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.🕯️
