You’ve had your share of adversities. Maybe it seems you’ve had more than your share.
C. S. Lewis observed that “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny. . . .” What did your hardships prepare you for? (And don’t for a moment think that you and your life are not extraordinary!)
Stand back and contemplate—ponder, wonder about, mull over, reflect, analyze—the hardships you’ve experienced. Is it possible they served a good purpose?
In the midst of our sufferings, we rarely find any good. But later—ah, later—maybe we can discover blessings within those heartaches, those things we thought, at the time, might kill us, or at least leave us permanently scarred.
You’ll find added inspiration from Frederick Buechner in his Wishful Thinking:
“The grace of God means something like:
‘Here is your life.
You might never have been, but you are,
because the party wouldn’t have been complete without you.
Here is the world.
Beautiful and terrible things will happen.
Don’t be afraid.
I am with you.’”
In your memoir, tell readers how God brought beauty from ashes, joy from mourning, and praise in place of despair (see Isaiah 61:3).
Write those stories as an act of worship.
God will use your experiences, your words,
and your message to bring hope to others.
Believe it!
There you have it—your Tuesday Tidbit.
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