Transform the Pain into a Priceless Lesson

You can make use of everything you experienced, including the negative and most painful moments. Instead of treating them as something that will destroy your soul, why not focus on the bigger picture? Your pain will be wasted if you will just embrace your emotions and do nothing about them. Learn how to reflect on the things that you are going through and ask better questions. What are the lessons that you need to learn in that season? What are the things that you can change? How can you make use of the pain? How can you turn them into something good and valuable? Try to check your experiences and recall the things that you did. Which of those things is right? Determine the wrong decisions that you made and take the necessary steps that you can take to change them. You still have the chance to overcome your pain. You just need to find the treasures behind all your tears.

Do not dwell too much on your emotions. You can acknowledge and respect what you feel, but that doesn’t mean you need to embrace them as if it’s who you are. Learn to let go and listen to God’s voice. You are who God says you are. Pain is there to give you some ideas about the important matters that you need to change. It’s like a tool that will lead you to the wounds that need healing. It’s just a magnifier of the things that are going on inside. It’s not your identity. So ask God to help you appreciate His ways, and only then will you learn to look at the pain the way He sees them.

Be grateful for the lessons that you learned. Instead of focusing on the negative things, why not look at the wonderful realizations that God taught? You will never know their value not until you experience storms in life. You just need to keep on learning and wait for that perfect moment when God will ask you to apply them. Thank God for giving you a chance to prepare for what’s ahead. You may not see it now, but soon, when He gives you what He prepared, you will realize the treasures that you gathered all throughout the painful seasons that you overcame. It’s when you will feel in awe of His goodness and mercy. You will then appreciate God’s ways of preparing you for what’s coming.

Know that He is just protecting you all this time. Sometimes, you need to experience pain in order for you to learn. God is somehow protecting you from the kind of mistakes that will destroy your soul in the end. He needs to correct you in order for you to remember the things that you need to do. Yes, His ways are sometimes painful, but at the end of the day, His plans will prevail. It means that no matter how difficult it is, God will still bless you with what He has prepared. So keep learning and growing in His presence. One day, everything will be worth it.