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Why does God allow us to go through adversity or afflictions??? 

What did I do wrong or what should I have done better??? 

When you receive a diagnosis of cancer, you can sometimes feel like God doesn't like you anymore. But I say, "Au contraire!!!!" As I was meditating in my devotions this morning, the verse was Philippians 1:6, "And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ." The writer of the devotional, Bryant Wright, used Joseph's dream in Genesis 37. Joseph had a dream that he would rule over his brothers. Did that dream come to reality immediately??? No!! Joseph spent the next 13 years in prison and in service to the Pharaoh. Did Joseph's brother's forget him??? They sure did. Did God forget Joseph??? Absolutely not!!! 

Throughout the Bible, we see men & women going through all sorts of adversity and all sorts of afflictions. God doesn't forsake them either. So why do we think God looks the other way when we face problems??? Bryant Wright says it this way, "Sometimes God breaks us and allows us to hit rock bottom so He can shape us into the people He is calling us to be. Maybe the adversity is God's way of strengthening you, teaching you, and preparing you for the great plans He has for you life."

I'm trusting God that this affliction is strengthening, teaching, and preparing me for something down the road. I have no idea what that is, what it will look like, or where it will be. But, as the saying goes ... God's not finished with me yet!!!!!

Only by His Strength,
Sandy