Wow. God is amazing! So many times Satan throws horrendous things at us. He puts us right in the middle of impossible circumstances, and makes us feel worthless or very desperate. His only focus is to ‘take us out’ or to kill our spirit. He wants us to hate God, and everything about Him. So the age-old question is, ”Why would God allow this?” There are some clues as to why, but we can never know all the reasons. God tells us to trust Him, even though He lets the rain fall on us.
I thank everyone who left a comment or left a part of their testimony. Please read them, they will give you a reason to have hope again. Many people look at others, and it looks like their grass is greener…it sometimes looks as though life hasn’t been that hard for them. But I’ll be the first to say, that “You see the glory, but you don’t know the story”…and there’s always a story! God always gives us a story, and that story is to always, always help others and for God to bring glory to Himself!
So I copy and pasted some parts of the comments I got. As you read, think about Romans 8:28, “All things work out for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose.” Be encouraged my friends…
“He has used my heart in the matter of choosing life to share with other women along my path especially Christian women who hide their secret pain as I had done. ‘Today’ I am able“ to speak even more openly and God is opening channels for His voice to be spoken through my life to reach others for His glory through this if one heart is changed then one life is saved.”
“I think of the murder of Adam Walsh as a child, which resulted in his father, John Walsh to become involved in child advocacy and creating the show ‘America’s Most Wanted’ which has helped to capture many, many of the worst of criminals.”
“Where it turns to good is that as a Christian, I have the Holy Spirit. These prideful times, He is constantly using them to turn me towards Jesus’ sacrifice. My sin is a constant reminder of how much I need the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ if I am to have any hope of heaven. Not only his death, but His life as well.”
“In my life I’ve done all of these things that the Lord hates… But,today I’m no longer a shamed because of God’s mercy over my confession. He has taken this act and is now using it through me to help other women,so they too,can step out from under satan yoke.”
“My innocence had been taken away from me…. I wanted to end my life. I could not go on any more… I hated God. I felt it was all His fault that this happened to me. I vowed to never, ever trust in Him again. I began to think of ways which went against God’s word. I started drinking, partying, smoking, being sexually active. I would do anything to abuse my mind and my body. I did not care if I died doing it…God helped me to love life again. God helped me love myself again. God gave me back my hope. God helped me to live again. God turned my sorrow into joy. God made me whole again… I told her my story. I told her how God had sent “my angel” who had been through the same thing I had been through and how she brought me back to Christ. Now, God is using me to help you. This is what I did. I helped this sweet young girl to get back what the devil had stolen from her. I helped her to see that Christ will restore her as He has restored me. I helped her to realize she was a survivor. She was a Victor and not a Victim… God turned what was meant to destroy me into something good.”
“Sometimes, we may don’t understand it, but God allows somebody to plans wicked things against us… but of course, God did not allow it to destroy us… and if we are williing to be use, we can love the very person that was planning wicked against us.”