Why Do Bad Things Happen?
Did you know that God has a goal for your life? That all those hard things and difficult people in your life, they are there for a reason? Your suffering is not random. Your pain is not without purpose. These obstacles really can serve as a divine opportunity. While there are many biblical answers to the questions of suffering, one of them is clearly this.
“For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son” Romans 8:29. God’s plan is to use all things to shape us so that we look just like His beloved son, Jesus.
Look Like Jesus
A recent research study just came out and confirmed what we had suspected all along. Couples that live together for a long time begin to look like one another. The study was conducted this way, researchers handed test participants separate photos of husbands and wives and then asked each participant to match the correct husband with the correct wife. The results were astonishing. More than half of the time, the right husband was matched with the right wife. And more than that, the longer the couple had lived together, the more likely they were to be correctly paired. They truly looked like one another.
Researchers postulate that this ‘looking alike’ occurs as a result of shared life experiences and emotions that actually form the lines and expressions on our faces. We become like those we are with.
Did you know that God has a goal for your life? That all those hard things and difficult people in your life, they are there for a reason? Your suffering is not random. Your pain is not without purpose. These obstacles really can serve as a divine opportunity. While there are many biblical answers to the questions of suffering, one of them is clearly this.
“For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son” Romans 8:29. God’s plan is to use all things to shape us so that we look just like His beloved son, Jesus.
Look Like Jesus
A recent research study just came out and confirmed what we had suspected all along. Couples that live together for a long time begin to look like one another. The study was conducted this way, researchers handed test participants separate photos of husbands and wives and then asked each participant to match the correct husband with the correct wife. The results were astonishing. More than half of the time, the right husband was matched with the right wife. And more than that, the longer the couple had lived together, the more likely they were to be correctly paired. They truly looked like one another.
Researchers postulate that this ‘looking alike’ occurs as a result of shared life experiences and emotions that actually form the lines and expressions on our faces. We become like those we are with.
Become Like the One You Love
When you allow pain and suffering to drive you, not away from God, but deeper into His arms, you fulfill God’s perfect plan. Your response to your trials has eternal consequences. And when you choose to gaze on Jesus, fellowship with Jesus, draw life from Jesus, you will look more like Jesus. You will become like the one you love.
Determine today that all your circumstances, good and bad, will send you back to your very source of life, Jesus Christ.
Kim Avery, MA, Certified Life Coach
“Helping women live joyful and meaningful lives.”
http://www.lifecoachingforchristianwomen.com/
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