What if disappointment is really the exact appointment your soul needs to radically encounter God?

God is using all of your experiences, both good and bad, to develop your character to match your calling.

Remember: The pain isn't the enemy. Pain is the indicator that brokenness exists. Pain is the reminder that the real enemy is trying to take us out and bring us down by keeping us stuck in broken places. Pain is the gift that motivates us to fight with brave tenacity and fierce determination knowing there's healing on the other side.

God won't give you more than you can handle." But that's not actually in the Bible. God does say He won't allow us to be tempted beyond what we can bear and that He always provides a way out (1 Corinthians 10:13). But that's not the same as God not giving us more than we can handle. He sometimes will allow more and more and more.

When we know Christ, it should show in our overflow, regardless of our relative success or discouragement in the face of rejection.

The biblical way to be preserved is to be pressed. And being pressed can certainly feel like being crushed.

To live is to love. To love is to risk pain. To risk pain is to live. It's what it means to truly be human. As fragile as dust. The breaking of us. The making of us. The building up of our faith.

when you are chosen for suffering, you are chosen for the blessing of displaying the works of God

every great success story has elements of failure.

In the middle of the pain you didn't cause, the change you didn't want, or the reality you didn't know was coming . . . your life can still be beautiful.

wisdom like none other can arise from those hard places that bring us low.

Pain is the sensation that indicates a transformation is needed.