Beauty from Ashes

“What are You teaching me?

I asked myself this question a lot this week. You know those times where you are doing great, and out of nowhere you are thrown for a loop? Well that happened to me, and I didn’t really know how to respond. 

I dealt with some random situations that made me step back and look at all that was going on, and realize in the midst of it all God was doing something. I just didn’t know what. From miscommunication, to exhaustion, odd conversations, not talking to someone I miss, and questioning what I’m doing with my life. I began to lose it. I couldn’t understand where everything came from, and why all at once? Then I felt the Lord just tell me that I need to continue to trust Him and be content in Him. I still don’t understand completely what He’s teaching me, but I know it’s going to make me a better me. 

Maybe you’ve felt that way. Maybe you’ve asked God, “What are You teaching me?” And I’m not the one that can help with the answer, but I do know that He loves you and He is making you a better you. Any struggle we face are steps to move us from where we are at to where He wants us to be. Maybe we need to stop asking that question, and instead just let Him teach us. We may not know in the moment, but take a look at your life in hindsight and I bet you can point out the lesson learned in each trial you faced. You probably didn’t even think that, that was what God was teaching you but either way you learned something.

Take each trial, struggle, situation and look at it as a whole new lesson. You don’t know what you’re going to learn, but God is present and you are going to be a better you. I am becoming a better me through the things that are thrown my way. Even if I don’t understand why it’s being thrown at me, I know it’s happening to help me be who God has called me to be. What you are going through at this moment is God’s way of helping you become better than where you are at right now. 

and honestly it all goes back to your perspective…