When God Takes You Through Something

“You needed to go through what you went through to get where you are going,” the Holy Spirit of God spoke to my heart.

Countless times over the years I have desperately NOT wanted to go through something because it was too hard, uncomfortable, unfamiliar, risky, scary, contrary to my dreams and desires, not in line with my fleshly wishes, ways, and wants, etc.

In retrospect, I now see God had a purpose in it all.

Sometimes God takes us through something, through a season, through circumstances, ...