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.
Have you ever had someone who didn’t like you and you couldn’t figure out why? Click here to read what I’ve learned in my journey.
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.
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