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I had to think back to my teenage years for this blog. For most things from my teenage years, it is difficult to remember the details of excitement surrounding certain events.\u00a0 Prom, I know it was great, I remember the dress I wore, but who all went with us, what car did we take, where was the prom, where did we go afterwards??\u00a0 I am just not sure of these specific details.\u00a0 School, I remember the good times, I remember the papers I wrote, the classes I hated, all of the information I learned though I am not too sure about.\u00a0 In fact I think I told myself to forget if ice cubes are a solid or a liquid\u2026it worked because I still am not too sure.\u00a0 But certain things I can try to forget but I never will be able to.\u00a0 The disappointments that I went through in my teenage years, I remember them all.\u00a0 I can tell you very specific details of just about every disappointment I faced as a teenager.\u00a0 I am sure you can think of several disappointments you have gone through or are going through right now.<\/p>\n
When disappointments come into our lives they\u00a0cause\u00a0so much pain and hurt.\u00a0 But, when you are finally able to look back on them you can be\u00a0thankful for those disappointments and where they brought you-closer to God.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n How many of you desire to be close to God?\u00a0 How many of you desire to hear from God?\u00a0 How many of you desire to feel love from God every moment of every day?\u00a0 I know when I was your age, I desired those things.\u00a0 I would hear older, wiser women talking about their time with God and what He spoke to them, and I always wondered how to get that with God.\u00a0 Yes I want to hear from God, but he is not talking to me.\u00a0 I believed that because I was younger than the women who I heard these tales from God was unable to communicate with me and be close to me.\u00a0 What a lie-if we open our hearts to God no matter what age we are God will make Himself known to us, we will feel His presence.<\/p>\n If I really think about why these women were able to hear from God and I was not I believe I know the answer.\u00a0 It was how I was handling my disappointments when I was younger.<\/strong>\u00a0 I was trying to fix all of my problems on my own.\u00a0 I was not asking God for help through the pain, I was hiding it all inside.\u00a0 There were even times I was disappointed in God because of the trials I was constantly going through.\u00a0 By taking God out of the equation for fixing disappointment I was pulling myself further away from God.\u00a0 I was making it impossible to hear from Him.\u00a0 I was avoiding hearing from Him simply because I thought I could not.\u00a0 I did not know God was capable of helping me.<\/p>\n Do you believe God is able to help you?\u00a0 Romans 8:26 insures He does!<\/p>\n In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n One thing we can be certain of is that disappointments will come our way.\u00a0 There is no way to avoid disappointments in this world.\u00a0 But, take heart because God has OVERCOME THE WORLD.\u00a0 When disappointments do come into your life, ask God for help.\u00a0 Tell Him your desires to grow closer to Him and to feel His presence more through this disappointment.\u00a0 Use this disappointment to hear from God.\u00a0 Instead of turning away from God, run into Him will all of your strength, help, and love.<\/p>\n When I look back on each disappointment I do not feel pain, I see God working to make my life just how he intends it to be.\u00a0 I see the Lord\u2019s love in each one of the trials I have been through.\u00a0 I get to experience HIS comfort.\u00a0 I am thankful that what was intended to cause me pain, God used to bring me closer to HIS comforting arms.\u00a0 Just a little fun fact for you: an ice cube (not melted) is a solid.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s Pray:\u00a0 Lord, I thank you so much for each one of these girls in this study.\u00a0 I ask that you make yourself known to them.\u00a0 I pray that they are able to see YOU and feel YOUR comfort, and know YOUR help in the midst of disappointments.\u00a0 I ask that you use these painful times in our lives to draw us closer to you.\u00a0 Thank you for praying for us when we are just not able to.\u00a0 We love you so much and we thank you for each disappointment we face, because we trust you are there through them with us, each step of the way.\u00a0 AMEN.<\/em><\/p>\n Much Love,<\/p>\n Diane<\/strong><\/p>\n ___________________________________<\/p>\n For the A Daughter\u2019s Worth<\/i> Bible Study, you will need the book, your Bible, pen or pencil, a highlighter and a quiet place. You can order the book right through our website from clicking the sign-up form button at the top of our webpage.<\/p>\n