Blessings

There are many things I love about Texas, one being Kingsland Baptist Church. We switched churches so that my sister and I could go to church with friends from our school. I wasn't really thrilled about the idea and tried to fight it. Changing churches right before I started high school meant new friends all around and I am not a huge fan of change.

During that time, I began to build friendships and learn to like our new church. It was hard for me to admit it, because I didn't want to leave my old friends behind. However, I still remained friends with everyone from both churches. God taught me a lot during that process of change in my life and I'm so glad He did.

This past Sunday, the sermon was about "Suffering to be a Blessing." When you think about suffering in the Bible, usually you think of Job. Job suffered to be a blessing. Suffering is never easy and this doesn't mean that you can't cry, mourn, ask why, or be angry. It means that we are right with God through our suffering and when this happens, our thinking will align to His way of thinking and that is when we will be a blessing.

It's easy for me to think that if I just get through this struggle in my life, then things will be better and I can be a blessing then. But God wants me to be blessing in the good and the bad. He never promised life would be easy and He never promised we wouldn't suffer. It's through the struggles and the suffering in our lives that He molds us and teaches. That is when we grow.