God knows best

[sassylady]

Was wondering if you have any accounts of how something you thought went terribly wrong in your life turned out to be the greatest blessing or provision for the future.

For example, when my children were very small my husband became a truck driver and was gone for a couple of weeks at a time. I had nobody to help me or give me a break, I had to learn to completely run the household, money, problems, etc. on my own, including making decisions on my own. After about 4 years I told the Lord I don't know how much more of this I can take, it was extremely difficult and frustrating. Then my husband became so ill with a staph infection he nearly died, and along with other complications ended up being out of work for a couple of years. I had to give up my dream of being home with my children. My mother had to work and I absolutely hated it and never wanted that for my children. Two and a half years later I found out my husband had been molesting our daughters. God had already provided the training for me to run a household by myself, and I already had a job and didn't have to go out and find one on top of all the upheaval in our lives. It sure was not seen as much of a blessing before but now I'm amazed at how He had it all taken care of.

 

[SoulWeaver]

Wow sassylady, that was surely a terrible experience -*-*-<3
I am thankful to God that you were able to find comfort in Him and I pray your and your girls' hearts are fully healed in Jesus' name.

God also intervened in my life when He destroyed the relationship with a boyfriend from university days that I prayed about to be fixed. Since I prayed it went downhill 10 times worse. I was upset, confused and hurt. We were engaged. At that time God sent into my life a follower of Jesus, we were already acquintances but then became close friends.

Thanks to his support I have discerned that my present boyfriend was a selfish abuser. His self-centeredness and evil started to show more, "love" only served as a word to manipulate. As we argued he would scream how he hated God and Jesus (tripped me out back at the day o.0 because he professed to be a Christian, but as everything else, in word only). I clearly discerned demons in him to the point of my hair standing on ends. I broke up, he blackmailed me with suicide. I did not return and he made hell of my life in the following months with tears, episodes of violence and suicide threats, and so round, until I moved elsewhere. I will always praise God for delivering me from the hand of the oppressor. Imagine if I married him. I literally escaped hell. He also argued online on forums that wives should be beaten and no, it was not trolling. A friend ran into it later on accident and showed me... what an utter shock. God knew better than me. I was in fear and incapable to open my front door or pick up the phone for a good while afterwards, but God slowly restored me.

And the young man who loved Jesus... as we got to know each other better, we soon made eternal promises before God. <3 I thank God each morning that He has made him and I will be thanking Him as long as I live.