It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes. Psalm 119:71
Are you happy when God allows affliction?
Do you see it is good?
We know God is in control and always has your very best interest in His mind.
When He allows affliction, we learn so much more.
Right?
We learn absolute trust in God when our life falls apart.
We learn to seek His wisdom when nothing makes earthly sense anymore.
And we remember Whose we are when rejected by those we love.
Yes, you can argue, we can know these things during the mountain tops of life.
And I would agree with you.
But in the valley, we need God.
We need God unlike anything else.
We depend upon God in the valley when we cannot see the next step.
We listen for His voice in the valley as confusion seeks to keep us down.
And we cling to His arm, guiding us safely through the storm.
God in His goodness allows afflictions so we may know Him deeper.
Keep trusting Him in the storm as you are merely between miracles.
The sun will soon come out and you’ll walk out holding a deeper relationship with God.
Totally worth it even when it hurts.
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Amy Linnea 
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