Trials

Trials will come and go. Some are in our control and some are not. Welcome to life. But I promise God can teach us through each and every one of them.
God is not necessarily bringing the trail on us, but He will sometimes 'allow' the trial to see what we have learned. Will we do what is right in the trial, what His word has taught us, what we know our Father would want us to do? We WILL be tempted, we will be hurt by others, we will be affected by our own bad decisions or the decisions of others around us...again, that is life. But in those moments it is so important for us to go back to our roots, the Word of God, and let Him correct and direct us. This is not the time for resentment, blame, fear or running. It is the time to go to our Heavenly Daddy and say "please help me so I don't do this thing wrong". Don't get angry at God when a trial comes your way. Instead, ask Him what He wants you to learn, how does He want you to grow and how might someone else grow by witnessing you in the midst of your trial? We don't know His plans, but I can PROMISE you He has plans, and if you are in His will, they are always good.(see Romans 8:28)
And just so you understand my heart....I write this post in the midst of the toughest trial of my life. So these are not just words to me.
For more on trials please read James 1.