I’ve experienced it many times.  Change.  This change usually occurs when God wants to close a door – so what does He do? He closes the door. Have you been in this situation before?  Where God just closes a door (and most likely it was a door you thought you wanted to walk through)?  We all know how it feels to continue going through life comfortable.  Or even if we’re not entirely “comfortable”, we will stay somewhere just because we’re not fond of change.  We’ll settle for mediocrity, when God didn’t intend for us to “settle” for that.  So, when that door closes, and a “shake-up” happens, we don’t know what to do.  We sometimes become scared and upset and wonder why this is happening to us.  Or – we thought we were relying on God during seasons of our lives, but looking back – we see that we just wanted to be in “control”.  I fully believe that God intended hardships in my life to bring me closer to Him.  I’m thankful that God may actually use my hardships Read more…