KNOW(N) Ministries

Ecclesiastes 3:1 says, “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven”.

This past year, it has seemed as if every time I turn around, I am constantly entering a new, completely different, and unexpected season of life. For those of you that do not know me, I wear my heart on my sleeve and I have come to be okay with that. My heart often breaks as I feel a season coming to an end and I question why I even needed to go through that period of time. I was talking to my mom one day and expressing how I did not understand why God allowed me to go through a certain season of life and she began to speak the truth of God’s Word to me that God has a purpose for everything we go through in life and it is to make us stronger for the glory of the Lord.

At the end of that particular season, it was difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel and the purpose for it, but now, I am seeing the purpose for the pain. I am seeing God bless ten-fold where I thought I would never have again. I am seeing God make me stronger in areas where I once was weak. I am seeing the joy of the Lord engulf my life and attitude where there were once tears and heartache. I am seeing God surround me with people who are filled with His Holy Spirit and love me with a Christ-like love.

I am no longer heartbroken, but joyful and grateful for what the Lord has brought me through. I now know that His purpose was to make me stronger in my faith than ever before, to prepare me for the next season, and to bless me in the area where I was hurt the most.

I find that each time I have said, “I will never do that!”, the Lord always tells me, that the very thing my heart has no desire to do, is apart of His divine plan for my life. The Lord most certainly has a sense of humor! I have found that the things my heart once had no desire to do, the Lord has given me the grace, obedience, and drive to do.

When God brings you to a new season of life, there will always be people who do not understand or support what you are doing, but that is only the enemy himself trying to put a halt in God’s plan, but he will NEVER succeed. If He brings you to it, He WILL bring you through it! Pray for those who do not support you, but do NOT let them cause you to doubt what you KNOW the Lord has called you to do.

I am beyond excited for my new season of life and cannot wait to see how the Lord works and moves.