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I can look back at my mess of a life now and see how everything was a lesson to prepare me for what I'm doing today. I didn't know that then though.
It's like going to college and the HP is the teacher. He just doesn't tell you what he is teaching you to do yet. That's where faith comes in. Faith that the hard lessons have a specific purpose that will unfold later.
I had a dream when I was 4 years old that I'll never forget. It was about a creature that was so totally miserable. All of the children were standing around looking at the miserable creature. It looked kind of like a grasshopper, but it was female and gentle and quiet. She couldn't raise her head or look up or look at anyone. Then suddenly in the dream the creature grew wings. Her head moved upward and she began smiling. All the children climbed on her back and she carried them.
Later in life I had a light bulb moment and realized that the creature was me! My line of work now is caring for people who can't care for themselves. Who would have thought that the person who was sitting in the hospital with a nervous breakdown would be caring for others now. Not in my wildest dreams did I think that I would heal.
Faith is the key. We may not have the map, but our HP has the map and we can trust that our HP will take us to our destination that is prepared ahead of us. My HP knew what I would be doing when I was a toddler. He also knew how terribly miserable I would be. He had a purpose and he had the lessons I needed to fulfill that purpose. There may be another purpose yet to be revealed. There is more than hope. There is a definite plan that we can count on no matter what happens in our life. The plan may even take us to the after life one day, but that's also in the plan.
We may feel lost, but if we keep looking ahead there will always be a light a step ahead of us to show us the way.
I dreamed a scripture once that I had never read before. I dreamed it a translation that I didn't own. It was during the worst time of my life.
Jeremiah 12
The LORD Answers Jeremiah
5 "If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you,
Then how can you contend with horses?
And if in the land of peace,
In which you trusted, they wearied you,
Then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan?
This dream showed me that my HP was preparing me and strengthening me through my trials.
I know that there is a purpose for everything and this gets me through each day.
2 Timothy 4
7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
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