What have you learned through suffering?

What have I learned

1) To lean and trust in God

2) He will never leave me nor farsake and he is going through it with me

3) That from my suffering I grow and I begin to be shaped and molded into what God whats me to be

Godslilgurlalways said:

What have I learned

1) To lean and trust in God

2) He will never leave me nor farsake and he is going through it with me

3) That from my suffering I grow and I begin to be shaped and molded into what God whats me to be

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Bless you for learning so much at such a young age, many people much older than you havent learned these lessons yet.

Catrin xx

jeolmstead said:

What have you learned through suffering? ....

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Honestly, the main thing I've learned from suffering is that I don't like suffering.

About the only "positive" I've gotten from it is greater ability to identify with others in similar straits.

[SIZE=+0]I've learned so many things.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=+0]I am more merciful, compassionate, sensitive to the needs of others. I learn PATIENCE and that this life is not about my immediate desires all the time. He wants to make and mold me through suffering. There are some character traits I would not have developed had I not went through certain things. I am wiser and more equipped for the ministry he has called me to. I have developed a deeper faith in God's faithfulness. I have seen his faithfulness. I would not change a thing, even though I complained a lot at times. It was good that I was afflicted.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=+0]I fell more in love with Christ. [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=+0]I experienced his healing, deliverance, and blessings I would not have known if I had not suffered. How can I know he is a God that can heal and deliver if I am never in the pits.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=+0]In suffering is where I developed true worship from the heart. I learned the real meaning of "sacrificial praise". To praise and worship him for just who he is, and knowing if he didn't deliver me, he still could..and he still if good and he still sits on the throne.[/SIZE]
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[SIZE=+0] ..I would not change a thing. Suffering keeps you humble most of all. ( It should anyway, not in all cases ). [/SIZE]

I could go on...
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hopeinGod said:

I agree with much that has been posted.

Regarding suffering, I believe it is possible to mistake some events that God uses in our lives, the visible things, intended to nudge us toward Him, for being the work of the devil. So, rather than acknowledge the Lord in such situations, we will misjudge the sender, rebuke the devil, and command him to flee.

I do not, however, believe the Lord sends sickness to us. That is not in His plan. In those cases, rebuke on.

Dave

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During Job's suffering... he received boils that he didn't deserve but God's plan to teach us that afflictions are part of life. Satan sometimes causes illness (Job 2:7; Luke 13:16) – but in these references, as everywhere, Satan unwittingly serves God's ends and purposes. Clearly, Scriptures reveals that no trial, no disease or illness, no accident or injury reaches us apart from God's permission. It is clearly that God may not initiate all our trials, including diseases, birth deformities and injuries, but by the time they reach us, they are His will for us for whatever time and purpose that He determines. When Satan, other people, or accidents bring us sorrow, we can answer like Joseph to his brothers who sold him into slavery, “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good.” God takes no pleasure in our suffering.

I learned alot from my own trials. One side trials are to bring out the BEST in us (See: Gen. 22:1-2, 15-18; Hebrews 11:17). On the other side of the coin, to bring out the WORST in us (see: James 1:13-14).

When King Hezekiah was well again, he wrote this poem:

10 I said, “In the prime of my life,
must I now enter the place of the dead?[b]
Am I to be robbed of the rest of my years?”
11 I said, “Never again will I see the Lord God
while still in the land of the living.
Never again will I see my friends
or be with those who live in this world.
12 My life has been blown away
like a shepherd’s tent in a storm.
It has been cut short,
as when a weaver cuts cloth from a loom.
Suddenly, my life was over.
13 I waited patiently all night,
but I was torn apart as though by lions.
Suddenly, my life was over.
14 Delirious, I chattered like a swallow or a crane,
and then I moaned like a mourning dove.
My eyes grew tired of looking to heaven for help.
I am in trouble, Lord. Help me!”
15 But what could I say?
For he himself sent this sickness.
Now I will walk humbly throughout my years
because of this anguish I have felt.
16 Lord, your discipline is good,
for it leads to life and health.
You restore my health
and allow me to live!
17 Yes, this anguish was good for me,
for you have rescued me from death
and forgiven all my sins.
18 For the dead[c] cannot praise you;
they cannot raise their voices in praise.
Those who go down to the grave
can no longer hope in your faithfulness.
19 Only the living can praise you as I do today.
Each generation tells of your faithfulness to the next.
20 Think of it—the Lord is ready to heal me!
I will sing his praises with instruments
every day of my life
in the Temple of the Lord.
21 Isaiah had said to Hezekiah’s servants, “Make an ointment from figs and spread it over the boil, and Hezekiah will recover.” 22 And Hezekiah had asked, “What sign will prove that I will go to the Temple of the Lord?”

i have learned that God is all-powerful, no matter what.
i have learned how to really listen to God and what it means to truly seek God, not for what i want from Him, but because He is The Almighty.
i have learned that He is God of the hills and of the valleys.
i have learned how to see things as they are, not as how i think they are.
i see people differently. i have more patience. i am not so quick to jump to conclusions.
things that used to bother me, just don't bother me anymore. there are things that i just walk away from. it is very easy to let things go when your life has been threatened.
i have learned most of all, that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and the blood of Jesus has not lost any power. He is a healer and a deliverer, and i'm glad about it because according to Romans 8:28 it all works together for my good, according to His purposes. it was a good thing for me to suffer. i learned who God is for myself.
bithiah2

my God is Great!

ANM29 said:

[SIZE=+0]I've learned so many things.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+0]I am more merciful, compassionate, sensitive to the needs of others. I learn PATIENCE and that this life is not about my immediate desires all the time. He wants to make and mold me through suffering. There are some character traits I would not have developed had I not went through certain things. I am wiser and more equipped for the ministry he has called me to. I have developed a deeper faith in God's faithfulness. I have seen his faithfulness. I would not change a thing, even though I complained a lot at times. It was good that I was afflicted.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+0]I fell more in love with Christ. [/SIZE]

[SIZE=+0]I experienced his healing, deliverance, and blessings I would not have known if I had not suffered. How can I know he is a God that can heal and deliver if I am never in the pits.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+0]In suffering is where I developed true worship from the heart. I learned the real meaning of "sacrificial praise". To praise and worship him for just who he is, and knowing if he didn't deliver me, he still could..and he still if good and he still sits on the throne.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=+0]..I would not change a thing. Suffering keeps you humble most of all. ( It should anyway, not in all cases ). [/SIZE]

I could go on...

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here is a nice link...
maybe some people have already seen this:
http://www.angelsink.com/valleys.htm

it goes along with the topic.

I have learned that God is always with us even through our darkest times.

The suffering never relents, like a fire constantly surrounding me, ever purging me.
The fire is too hot Lord, it's burning me.
Is this what your love feels like, fierce and unquenchable?
In my human reasoning, I thought it would be something else, something pleasant.
The enemy tells me that this chastiment means that you do not love me and have abandomed me, oh Lord, but I shall not listen.
Isn't this what I've asked for, for you to strengthen me, purify my heart, yet, I know not what I ask for, as if it will be comfortable and there will soon be an end.
The very thought terrifies me.
I fear you oh Lord, I fear your suffering, I fear your hot coal being pressed against my lips, your ear piercing. But what forceful love my God exhibits to those that allow Him to take them, what passion he has for us, His loved one.

A woman got healed one time many years ago, about 40 I imagine, by Kathyrn Kulman ...

This woman was all twisted out of shape. Her whole body was visably twisted, all of her fingers, toes, arms, legs, etc.

The love of God came over her and she was healed by a miracle, everyone was so happy and then she turned to leave and noticed that one of her little fingers was still crooked and she turned to Kathyrn Kulman and said, "What about my little finger"?

The miracle worker Kathryn Kulman said, "Oh honey that's to remind you what you've been through".

I have been dealing with a issue that has been going on for two years now. Asking God, "WHY".....

I just realized that the suffering behind this issue was meant to break me free of a emotional stronghold I had and did not even realize would hinder me the rest of my life.

..I thought this issue was going to destroy me. I really did..! It has made me free...I feel so free to live in a certain area I had not been really open to live in......

God will use our suffering for our ultimate good in the end...

I can't even explain how this painful issue has brought about a breakthrough that I needed to allow me to live a way I was not living......wow! What an awesome God we serve..so wise........so wise........

Do not try to get out of the fire..It really is burning off all the impurities in us and making us a little more like him...

My family is going through a period of suffering. I'm learning to seek out God's will regardless of distractions. And I'm learning not to be afraid. In the past I've desired to do God's will, but I've been afraid of what it might mean. But here we are, in the midst of great suffering, and we're getting through it. It's not pleasant by a long shot, but God will get us through it. I have nothing to fear.

Through my suffering I have learned that alot of people will think that they know what you are going through and say alot of trite things, but that Jesus really does share in our suffering in a real tangible way and that what He says is true and reliable. I've learned that leaning on anyone in those times except for God is only in vain. I've also learned that venting and complaining is actually counterproductive unless it is done to God.

BellaSong said:

Through my suffering I have learned that alot of people will think that they know what you are going through and say alot of trite things, but that Jesus really does share in our suffering in a real tangible way and that what He says is true and reliable. I've learned that leaning on anyone in those times except for God is only in vain. I've also learned that venting and complaining is actually counterproductive unless it is done to God.

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..And are usually so far off from what God is doing in your life. So far off......Friends of Job is what I call them...

I have learned through suffering that I don't like to suffer and to seek God for His way out. I have used 1 Corinthians 10:13 a lot.

Ann

No matter what Satan may throw at me. God will never let me down

Through Suffering I have learned That The Lord Jesus Christ suffered way worse!!!