MORNING MUSE 6

Have you ever been through a time in your life where everything you do is just unsuccessful? Well that was me this past six months. I have never experienced anything so depressing and so difficult in my life. Nothing seemed to work out for me, no matter how hard I tried. I lost friends,  I wasn't doing well in school, things that I expected would go well, went downhill instead, people disappointed me, I had a smile on my face everyday but I wasn't happy. I cried myself to bed literally every night. I remember I used to always ask God why this was happening. I was working so hard but I wasn't seeing the results.

It took me six months to realize that sometimes you have to lose to gain. Sometimes, you have to fail to succeed. Sometimes the things we think are trying to pull us down are actually the hands of God trying to push us into a new season. I needed those months of struggles, setbacks, disappointments and failures. I did! Because it has opened my eyes tremendously. I feel like I have grown so much within this short period of time.
God will stir us out of comfortable situations and He will put us in situations that make us stretch, situations that force us to use our faith. Just as God can supernaturally open doors, sometimes He may supernaturally close doors.
I realized after my setbacks that there were things and people in my life that I need to either change or cutoff. I realized that there were some behaviors in my life that were not helping my progress in life. I also realized that I needed to let go of certain people in order to move forward.
Sometimes change is not always a bad thing. Yes, it may be negative on the surface but remember, God would not allow it if He did not have a purpose for it. He will use it to stretch you and hopefully push you into dimensions.
Therefore, when a friend walks out of your life, when a relationship doesn't work out or when you lose the job you thought you would have for a long time, don't approach any of these changes from a negative point of view. Stay open for that change, because God is behind the scenes stirring things up. He purposely closes certain doors in our lives because He knows that if He doesn't, we will never move ahead.
Don't fight change, embrace it and you will step into the fullness of what God has in store for you!