grace, God has not and never will forget you.
God works to His time schedule, not to ours.
It is us that needs to transform and adjust to match the will of the Father.
Did not Moses spend 40 years before being used by God.
Did not Jesus wait till He was 30 before His work began.
Time, as Albert Einstein said, is relative.
What seems like eternity to use is a moment for God.
It's not how long something takes that is the issue, but are we building a deeper relationship with the Father during this time.
Going through tough times always tests our faith and relationship with God.
I have been separated 11 years and divorced for 2-3, and have had my kids permanently for the last 3-4 years.
Single parenting and losing 'everything' is one of the tough things to endue.
It's definately not the worst, but it is still tough.
Romans 5:1-5 By entering through faith into what God has always wanted to do for usset us right with him, make us fit for himwe have it all together with God because of our Master Jesus.
2 And that's not all: We throw open our doors to God and discover at the same moment that he has already thrown open his door to us. We find ourselves standing where we always hoped we might standout in the wide open spaces of God's grace and glory, standing tall and shouting our praise.
3 There's more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we're hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us,
4 and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next.
5 In alert expectancy such as this, we're never left feeling shortchanged. Quite the contrarywe can't round up enough containers to hold everything God generously pours into our lives through the Holy Spirit!
2 Thes. 1:5 All this trouble is a clear sign that God has decided to make you fit for the kingdom. You're suffering now,
1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
2 Cor. 8:2 Fierce troubles came down on the people of those churches, pushing them to the very limit. The trial exposed their true colors: They were incredibly happy, though desperately poor. The pressure triggered something totally unexpected: an outpouring of pure and generous gifts.
Suffering is a part of our walk with God. we would do well to seek God as to why He is allowing suffering that trying to get Him to remove it.
We go through suffering , not around it. It is there for our benefit.
Of course it doesn't seem like it when we are in the thick of it.
But the reality is, it is !
In Psalms it states- "Though I walk THROUGH the valley of the shadow of death, not around it or I am taken out of the valley.