So much comfort. So much love.

So this week my head pain from nerve damage has been super awful. I ended up needing to go to the doctors again just to see if they could do anything to help manage the pain more. It's been really hard and I have been discouraged and broken. Last night I was sharing prayer requests with my best friend, and all I wanted was to not be discouraged while I was going through this trial. So then today I randomly decided to go through messages, between me and a friend of mine, that were from August of last year. Something reminded me of how much we were encouraging each other in the conversation we had and I wanted to read it again! When I came across what I'm about to share with you I just burst into tears of thankfulness... God brought me so much comfort and so much encouragement through something that I WROTE to encourage SOMEONE ELSE. So cool. This is what I wrote:

".."He comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God." 2 Corinthians 1:4
That's how I look at my head pain too. I have asked SOOOO many times why God has given this to me... and then a little while later I will get a surprise visit or an email from someone saying that my trust in God through this trial is so encouraging to them. it amazes me beyond words! Sometimes we just aren't going to know why hard things happen... we really have to trust that God knows what He is doing... even when He is SO ABLE to just take it away.
"And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them." Romans 8:28
I believe that that "good" is becoming more like Christ Jesus!
God NEVER wastes a trial. ever."

How cool is God? I wrote this over a year ago thinking that I was only encouraging my friend... but God meant it to also encourage me TODAY... when I needed encouragement.

Thank You, God, for this today. Your light shines so bright in the darkness! I am so thankful for being able to know, and be comforted by, Your truth!

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