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Something I realized more deeply recently that I felt like sharing is this: When God doesn't take away your burdens, your challenges, or your wounds at the moment you ask of Him...sometimes He allows these thorns to push you to a place where you become a grizzled war veteran and a mighty warrior. You are becoming like a king and that is made possible when you continually conquer the bears and the lions in your secret place with God. Without Goliath, you do not truly become the David that God foresees you turning into. Sometimes we must embrace the cross before us and not try to escape what is making us so strong. Not that He doesn't want to see us get healed and whole, but that understanding that He is using our circumstances to make us a sharper weapon for Him in the future. What the enemy meant for evil, God turns around for good. Find something to be thankful about in the midst of the trials and remember that your greatest foes in life can certainly end up becoming a blessing in disguise. What causes you to become the mighty warrior you always envisioned yourself to be.

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