Defining Moments

We all have encountered times in our lives that change us forever, that defineus. We learn lessons on our way that help us as we get older and further along and can pass along to other who are where we've been. Life is the journey and heaven is our destination. Lessons we learn here are meant to help us along the way.

What happens when the lessons aren't clear and not like a billboard on the highway. What if we are in a battle that there doesn't seem to any reason for? What about the moments when God seems so far away and has stopped caring about us?

My friend, sometimes we will face battles that we don't know why we are fighting until after the battle is won. God never puts us in a battle just to make us suffer. Quite the contrary, God puts us through battles so we can learn and grow, to be more like Him. He puts us through battles because He has something better for us after the battle.

The Bible tells us that God is the same yesterday, today and forever. We sometimes in the middle of the battle think that God has stopped loving us and stopped caring. Yet, He is loves us and cares about us just the same! He is closer in the moments then ever and cries with us and for us. We are the ones who have changed and became different, not God.

I didn't understand many things in the middle of the battle. I didn't understand why God gave me Turner Syndrome and gave me Tourettes Syndrome and Pseudo Seizures. But as I have gotten older and have fault and won my battles why God put me it. In High School, I was able to lead another student into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and see him baptised at my church that summer. I was able to talk another girl out of committing suicide by telling her about my battle with depression and being suicidal and about how my Grandfather's suicide affected me and my entire family.

God also puts obstacles in our way to show us how much He loves us by being with us. Hard times help draw us closer to Him then the good times. God desperately wants us to have a strong personal relationship with Him. He loves us sooooooooo much that He'll do whatever it takes. Don't lose hard my dear friend. Just because you don't know why doesn't mean God isn't working or knows what he is doing. When He seems so far you can't feel Him anymore, He is closer to you then ever before and carrying you higher. He will leave you or forsake you. He will never stop loving you!