Writing this blog can be therapeutic. I've been wanting to blog the last week, but haven't quite known what to write, just that my emotions were strong and not always easy to understand.
We had a guest preacher at church tonight. He spoke in the TV preacher characteristic way, lots of emphasis on words and carefully thought out points, a well written speech. Our normal pastor is much more easy flowing and allows the Holy Spirit to speak through him spontaneously and as a result sermons tend to be much more natural and real from the heart. Even though it was odd to listen to this sermon's sound and rhythm, the message was good.
It was about how the storms in our lives and how their purpose is to draw us closer to Christ. It was about how we are not spared from suffering, but that suffering in our lives is part of what helps us to grow and mature. When we are in a time of suffering, we need to be allowing it to draw us closer to the Lord rather than to crush our spirit.
I am definitely in a time of suffering, a storm of life so to speak. Being challenged, being broken, being stretched.
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