I feel so much empathy for those suffering because I know what a broken heart feels like. When it doesn’t feel like the most wonderful time of the year, God has shown me He has an eternal purpose. If I don’t give up too soon, His purpose produces Hope.
I fear God is not going to come through for me. Or if He does, how long am I going to have to wait? God is not working fast enough and the struggle feels larger in the waiting.
I am tempted to give up too soon when the outcome is different from what I desired. I’m talking about real hurts that I cannot imagine could be a part of God’s plan.
The same power that raised Jesus Christ from the dead is at work in us in the form of the Holy Spirit testifying the Truth to our spirit that this pain, this suffering, is not wasted.
