It’s Happening for Us
“That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” – 2 Corinthians 12:10 As we build our lives in response to God’s love, there’s so much we can do, like working on what’s invisible rather than what’s visible! One important principle is that we can change the meaning we ascribe to negative experiences — if it’s in God’s Kingdom, it doesn’t always mean what we think it could mean. Consider that the same boiling water that hardens an egg also softens a potato. On the other hand, the same boiling water that softens a potato also hardens eggs. Isn’t that like the Kingdom? To make hard things soft and to make soft things hard? For instance, even insults, setbacks, and breakups can be transformed into something positive. It may not mean what
