Don’t Waste Your Pain
 

Don’t Waste Your Pain

All things work together and are [ fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose.
—Romans 8:28

Life is full of unjust situations that can create a great deal of pain for you, especially in your relationship with other people. You will experience some hurt and pain, but you don’t have to allow these experiences to destroy your happiness. You can’t always choose what happens to you, but you can choose how you respond to it.

If you’ve been hurt, God can take your bad experiences and make them work for your good. Believing this truth is a positive decision that can help stop your pain.

Choose to learn from the hurtful experiences instead of wasting your pain by allowing them to make you bitter. One way to do this is to overcome evil with good by making sure you don’t hurt others. It’s a good place to start!

From the book Ending Your Day Right by Joyce Meyer.

One thing I learned was the fact that it doesn't make it better to put someone else down to make you feel better.

It didn't help me to heal by focusing others instead of looking at myself and looking at my part. For the most part, I was in the situation as a result of my decisions made and my unwillingness to change out of the unknown.

I played many roles, I tried to be what other people thought I should be. As much as I like playing the blame game, I can't change others, I can change my thinking which leads to new direction and decisions.

As they say in Al-Anon, "Let it begin with me." Through my God, all things are possible.

I need to clean up my side of the street, make things right with my God, and find and live my truth.