As impossible as it can seem sometimes, I'm finding a lot of growth in myself and with God from giving praise to Him when I feel like nothing could be worse in my life. It has really been amazing. As weird as it seems, thanking God for your cruddy times in life is honestly one of the best things you can do.
We grow from the trials and tests that God puts us through. God never gives us a temptation that is beyond us, and he commands us to give Him praise and thanksgiving for everything, including the downright ugly times. Even when we are far from our best, and we would rather become angry and accuse God of the things he puts us through, we need to stop and realize that this is all under His control and He has allowed such things to happen to us. I'm finding it rather hard on some days, and easier on others. But, I'm learning day by day, that the most important thing to do, is just give everything over to Him and let Him work his perfect plan in our lives.
If we had it our way, and life was exactly the way we wanted it, and we never had cruddy times, we tend to think it would be perfect. But I see that it is exactly the opposite. If we could have life the way we wanted it, would it really be a good life? Out of God's will? God allows things, that may not seem grand at all, to happen in our lives. To test us, help us grow in Him, and for his perfect plan. There is no other path that would be better for our lives, we are already getting the best there is. Kinda cool if ya think about it. We are getting the best thing God could ever give us, and we're living it everyday.
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As awful as things can be, God knows all the possible outcomes of all possible choices, and He has chosen exactly this set of circumstances for us to live in. Therefore, oddly, we live in the best of all possible worlds. With that in mind, as bad as things are, they could be mind-numbingly worse.
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