Your Saga Doesn’t Define You

Have you ever wondered why you seem to keep experiencing hurt from the same situation repeatedly over and over again at different points in your life? Over time it seems hurt has become the saga of your life. There was a point of time in my life, when I kept getting into relationships that resulted in hurt and disappointment. I used to question myself and wondered if I was the reason the relationships weren’t working out. I realized that part of the reason the past relationships didn’t work out was my distorted perception of what I believed I deserved. I wasn’t aware of my worth, and I accepted the hurt and disappointment out of the fear of being alone. I can truly say, it is amazing how you see the picture more clearly when you are out of the frame. I have learned that this saga doesn’t define me. Instead, it helped me discover my value and all that I have to offer to the individual who will appreciate my value. As a result, I have gained more than I have lost. My new sense of self-worth and inner peace is more important than settling for the lack thereof. “Loving myself more” defines me.

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Predestined to Flourish

Have you ever went through a season of hardship and felt like it would never end and there was no light at the end of the tunnel? Well, I have repeated this season many times along the road of my life. When I look back, I must say that each time I felt like this was the end and that I couldn’t go on any further, I realized that  God allowed the hard seasons to come in order for me to flourish. The dictionary defines flourish as growing luxuriantly, or thriving in growth, as a plant. When I think of a plant, it starts as a seed in the ground. In order to grow, it needs water, nutrients in the soil, and sunlight. It is a long process for the seed to become a plant. The seed endures the harsh weather elements, but somehow retains nutrients needed to flourish in the end. Each seed flourishes into a plant in its own season of harvest. In the same way a seed is predestined to flourish into a plant, so are we. The next time you face a season of hardship in your life, just remember that it was predestined to happen in order to help you walk boldly into your season of growth. Ultimately, God’s gets the glory and your season of growth is the beginning of a new life of purpose.

Isaiah 17:11 King James Version (Verse of the Day)

“In the day shalt thou make thy plant to  grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.”

 

 

The Beauty in Brokeness

Brokenness is the process of violently being separated into smaller pieces, damaged, and destroyed. This explains why whenever I face a season of brokenness in life, I feel defeated, like the pain and suffering will never end. What God reminds me every time is that even though I can’t see my way out of the storm he is transforming my brokenness into beauty. There is a greater purpose in the pain one goes through. His grace is sufficient for our weakness because God wants to get the glory out of my despair. But in order for him to get the glory, I learned that you must renew your mind and see the beauty in the pain. Beauty means to possess qualities that give pleasure to the senses or lift up the mind or spirit. Faith causes you to see beauty in a bad situation. Once we begin to see the beauty, we can stand through any test and trial because we can now have confidence that brokenness brings out the good qualities, or the beauty that already exists inside of you. You discover the beauty in who you are through difficult times. God cares for us so much that he makes our imperfections perfect through his love.

-Ronni Laurenđź’‹

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