It’s all for the good.
Picture a diamond. A diamond carries 57 to 58 facets or faces. When you visit Kay’s or Jared’s, you’ll find diamonds that reflect light in 58 different ways. As you turn the gem in your fingers, each facet offers a different perspective, adding to the brilliance of the stone.
Now, imagine a stressful situation you’ve experienced (I know, just rock with me). Like a diamond, it also has many facets – questions of who, what, why, and how come. However, when you first become distressed, you only see one perspective: hurt, frustration, discouragement. It becomes difficult to look beyond the moment and explore the other sides of the prism.
When I began my journey toward emotional maturity, I struggled to consider different perspectives when slighted or wronged. My vision was short-sighted, and I couldn’t handle different perspectives. Paper cuts swelled into deep wounds because I loved my cocoon of “everyone is wrong except me.”
But, as I’ve grown with the Lord, He’s taught me the value of perspective. He’s taught me to search for His glory instead of my satisfaction. He’s taught me to pursue reconciliation instead of rumination. And I’ve learned all of this by learning to know Him.
As you learn to know your Father, He will reveal how to embrace a different perspective when confronted with frustration or difficulty. By learning to know Him you will trust Him when He says, weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning. You will trust that He causes everything to work together for the good. With wisdom, He will teach you to turn the situation over and examine it in your mind until you discern the brilliant facets of His promises and peace.
Nothing is one sided. There is beauty in everything that seems difficult. My prayer for you this Saturday morning is that God changes your perspective. I pray that He would remove the veil that hurt has cast so that you can see beyond. I pray that your heart would be open to learning from the Father so that old wounds are healed, and new ones don’t remain open. In Jesus name.
As you go through your weekend, know that emotional wholeness is a reality that you can live. See you soon!