How to Find the Purpose in Your Pain: Book Preview (Part 2)
At the time that my former husband and I were mourning our daughter, I had a friend, who we will call Katy, who opened her vacation home to me.
Fortunately, I wasn’t working full-time at that point. So, I had more free time during the day to rest in the presence of the Lord. I found myself praying for six hours on some days. At times, I would worship. Other times, I would just sit in His presence and not say a word.
Each time that I got up from my prayer room, I felt like I was beginning to understand a side of God that I had never known before. God was healing my perception and clearing my spiritual lenses. Instead of seeing God’s love through the lens of my pain, I was learning to see my pain through the lens of God’s love.
How to Find the Purpose in Your Pain: Loving Your Enemies
Can I be transparent for a moment?
As I navigate post-divorce life with someone who worked overtime to hurt me, I find it amazing that God uses my love for them to heal me.
Through the power of prayer, as I make intentional strides to love the person who causes me pain, I find that God sets me free of the hurtful bondage that they brought into my life.
This is because intercession is a powerful tool. It takes the power of the Holy Spirit to genuinely pray well for someone who doesn’t mean you well. Yet, it is through my obedient prayers that I’m finding God rewards me with healing and His peace.
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How to Find the Purpose in Your Pain: Book Excerpt 1
Well, my name is Jordone.
In my life, I have endured more than the average amount of pain, grief, and trauma. As a child, I witnessed and experienced physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. As an adult, I had a stillborn daughter and a miscarriage only months apart from one another. As a single mother, I deal with the pain of my first husband’s infidelity and how it tore our family apart. As a daughter, I dealt with the grief of my father’s untimely passing and wondered why God chose to carry him to heaven at the same time I was mourning my failed marriage.
Three Tips to No Longer See God Through the Lens of Your Pain
“God didn’t hurt you. People hurt you.” It’s a common quote that we have all heard in church at one point or another. Yet, somehow, even when we believe those words to be true, we still find ourselves with the lingering desire to blame someone for our pain.
More often than not, that ‘someone’ ends up being God. The problem with that mindset is that blame is a distraction that offers no real solution.