By: Monique Smith
Whats up folks! Long story short, I find myself running into difficulties and unnecessary criticism many places in my life, which at times leaves me to think that I am doing something completely wrong. At times I feel that my every action is being analyzed and there are people scoping out my life, waiting for me to mess up. And honestly, it’s a bit frustrating at times. I shared my frustrations with my Sunday school class and my aunt clearly stated “Everything that is bothering you or causing trouble in your life, YOU caused it. Its something about YOU that made the difficulty happen.” That really caught me off guard at first. I clearly understood how if I said bad grades or debt was causing trouble in my life, but how could I cause difficult people?! I was clueless until my father stated that the “something about you” could be GOOD or BAD”. Whew! What a relief!
Then God pointed me to this scripture: John 15:18- "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first." So basically if the God in you creates friction and causes conflict for you in life, you know it's really God that is in you. There HAS to be people in the world who will try to set you up for failure or hate on you for no reason in order for the scriptures to be true and so that we can be more and more like our big brother Jesus.
Take courage my friends! Your light will continue to shine through difficulty if you don’t allow your natural frustrations and the tendency we have to gossip overpower your spirit. God will make a way for you and make your enemies your footstool in the future!
Prayer: God! You are so good to me for no reason! I don’t understand you or your actions, but I love it all! God thank you for the “sandpaper” people I have in my life who rub me the wrong way in order to produce smooth perfection in me in the future! God that is so amazing!!! I love you so much! In Jesus name! Amen.
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