Finding The Positive When Life Leaves You Broken
No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you’ll find the positive side of things.
Demi Lovato
We had a melt down this week at our house.
Our refrigerator has been making noises for over a year. I knew it was only a matter of time before it quit. This was the week it decided to stop working. Monday night, I came home from work to a puddle of water in front of the freezer door. Leanne and the kids mentioned that the ice was not coming out of the ice maker right. I opened the door to the freezer, and I immediately realized the freezer was not working. It was still cold, but things in the freezer had begun thawing out.
Leanne called a friend, and we were able to find a temporary home for our frozen food. And we spent the evening in search of a new refrigerator.
The next morning, our refrigerator stopped working and I filled our coolers with the food from the refrigerator and several bags of ice.
The great melt down of 2015 has been an inconvenience for our family this week. Purchasing a new refrigerator and living out of ice chests was not on my agenda for the week.
Despite the unexpected costs and the inconvenience, I have tried to maintain a positive perspective this week.
Life has a way of sneaking up on us. We are thrown for unexpected loops all the time. We get sick. We get into an accident. We face a change in jobs. When things like this happen it’s easy to become discouraged.
I remember nearly five years ago when my wife faced an unexpected hospitalization. Honestly, this was one of the hardest things I have ever had to go through in my life. I remember asking God “Why?” This is a natural response when things don’t go as planned in our lives.
As my wife was recovering, we both decided to find the positives in the craziness we were facing. We didn’t know what it would look like, but we were convinced that God would use this experience in our lives for good. Since then, we have seen countless times when we have been able to help others who are navigating similar predicaments in their lives.
I don’t know what you are situation you are facing right now. Maybe you’re refrigerator stopped working, or maybe you are facing something much more serious like an illness or hospitalization. I challenge you to find the positive in the midst of the trial you are facing, and I challenge you to look past the current pain or suffering you might be enduring.
God can use the junk in your life for greater things.