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A Crowned Thorn

What is the value of a thorn in our Christian journey? First, we must identify what a thorn is. According to the Dictionary one definition describes a thorn as “a source of continual annoyance or trouble”. A thorn can cause an immediate pain from its puncture or it can cause constant irritation and distress. Thorns that appear as a source of trouble are usually not welcomed companions on our daily quest. But the thorns we encounter are useful despite their irritations and disruptions. Thorns come to challenge and to strengthen your faith, your character, and your witness as a child of God. Thorns are the mechanism from which you gain more than you lose. Thorns are the pathway to reaching higher heights and deeper depths of sanctification and glory. With each thorn that attaches itself to your life, you become more and more like Christ. You become an overcomer of the thing that came to irritate or to disrupt your growth, but it, in turn, propels you into greater achievement in holy livi...
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Seek The Great Physician


Pain can be debilitating.  It can be all consuming. It can keep us vulnerable and desperate for relief and understanding.  And many times while we are hurting we are not seeking out a lesson to be learned, instead we seek comfort, we seek an end to our suffering.
So what do we do when were hurting so bad we cant see clearly? What do we do when we feel our cries are not heard?  What do we do when we experience an unexpected loss, or a sudden change in our circumstance, a debilitating health diagnosis, or we simply are grieving the unfulfillment of a desire that does not appear to not be in God’s will for us?
We must challenge ourselves to express our feelings and release it to God knowing that leaning to our own understanding keeps us broken and unable to heal.  We seek the great physician, our Lord and Savior, our healer, and our redeemer to give us clarity in the midst of our pain in order to restore us and to make us whole.  If we truly believe that in our weakness He makes us stronger, then we must seek Him diligently for the answers and the comfort we seek.

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Share your heart and your pain. Share any challenges you are facing with trusting God and not leaning to your own understanding.  Reflect on how you know God is with you even when your hurting.

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