Growing in the pain

I’m doubling up today. You’ll get the same basic message on my 60 Seconds with PJ if you watch it on Facebook or Instagram.

Here’s the idea…we are already seeing new growth where the #Fairviewfire took place up in Simpson Park. That got me thinking. God can bring good, even out of the painful, devastating circumstances of our lives.

Read Romans 8:28 too, but I wanted you to see Romans 5:3-5. Here we’re reminded that the pain actually can work in our favor if we’ll run to God in the midst of the difficult circumstances.

Can you look back to other painful experiences in your past and see good that’s come out of it? I can.

Let God do His work in you today…no matter the circumstances.

“We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.” (Romans 5:3-5 NLT)