12 years ago the pressures and trials I went through seemed so monumental that I thought they would crush and obliterate me. Somehow they didnt, and I came through wondering how and why should I thank God in everything, especially the things I felt scarred, bruised and broke me.
I was reminded today why.
2019 has been a challenging year thus far, yet there has not been a resolve to panic, fear or lose my mind. Why? Because I have seen His hand at work smack in the middle of the valley of the shadow of death, so nothing I face now is remotely affecting enough to make me panic and be distraught.
I can actually thank God for my present day trials because they reveal a confidence in trusting God that was forged 12 years ago in my valley of death experience where His faithfulness took center stage when I had nothing but emptiness.
Nothing I face now, absolutely nothing comes remotely close to what I faced then. So I can honestly thank God because my trials from 12 years ago birthed a confidence in His saving grace. They are now my testimonial that I will always win.
So it goes to show that the valleys we go through now are custom designed for us to go through to garner and glean some knowledge of Him that can only be tailor made to be learned experientially. In our not so distant future, we would look back and be thankful for the trials we go through now because they forged a resolve, instilled a knowledge, and birthed an awareness of Him that could not have been obtained any other way
Rejoice in your valleys. Patiently endure and go through them, being confident that he purposely has allowed you to go through it to shape and forge you.
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