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Have you ever thought "Yay! I'm suffering!" Not many of us have, nor do we often consider the blessing inherent in trials.

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00:00:00 --> 00:00:02 No one says, Yippee!

00:00:02 --> 00:00:03 I'm hurting!

00:00:04 --> 00:00:09 But there is a benefit to the difficulties of the human experience.

00:00:09 --> 00:00:11 Tune in as I explain.

00:00:11 --> 00:00:23 Hello and welcome to MoMo634, the daily podcast chock full of faith-filled inspiration and motivation.

00:00:24 --> 00:00:28 MoMo634, Motivational Moments just for today.

00:00:47 --> 00:00:51 As we discussed yesterday, we live in a fallen and sinful world.

00:00:52 --> 00:01:02 One of the byproducts of such a state are illnesses and diseases including mental health conditions, neurodivergence, and mood disorders.

00:01:04 --> 00:01:11 Sometimes it's a brain chemistry issue, and trying to get it all back in balance is a lifelong struggle for some.

00:01:12 --> 00:01:22 For others, there is a genetic or organic component which cannot be overcome, or if help is possible, it comes with great difficulty.

00:01:23 --> 00:01:28 Some are treatment resistant and may not experience wholeness in this life.

00:01:30 --> 00:01:38 Whatever the situation, for chronic mental health issues, I want to talk honestly about one aspect.

00:01:39 --> 00:01:49 In the series on the things to say and not to say to someone with depression, I bristled at the common statement, well, if you just prayed more...

00:01:50 --> 00:01:57 Because I believe many of us of faith who struggle with these conditions are some of the most prayerful.

00:01:58 --> 00:02:05 I take umbrage at the statement because it makes it seem as though praying would be a guaranteed fix.

00:02:06 --> 00:02:14 But we know from other illnesses and conditions that are part of the human experience here that isn't always the case.

00:02:14 --> 00:02:19 That said, here's the aspect I want to focus our minds on today.

00:02:20 --> 00:02:23 My kids come to me for a number of things.

00:02:24 --> 00:02:37 Though sometimes my answer is no because of the years I have on them and the wisdom that comes with that life experience, I still want my children to seek me out and talk to me.

00:02:38 --> 00:02:41 It is the same with God and prayer.

00:02:42 --> 00:02:49 Certainly, if God wanted to suspend His natural laws, He could heal us or spare us from some catastrophe.

00:02:50 --> 00:02:52 And sometimes He does.

00:02:53 --> 00:03:02 But I don't want to live here forever in this fallen world with pain and sickness and death.

00:03:03 --> 00:03:09 I want to do my utmost to live eternally with Him and see my loved ones again.

00:03:12 --> 00:03:20 I don't want to get so comfortable here that I fail to do the things he's commanded of me to inherit eternal life.

00:03:22 --> 00:03:29 If he took away the OCD and depression, sure, I'd be thrilled, but it would be but for a season.

00:03:30 --> 00:03:37 They are the reasons to ensure I do everything I can to enter into the joys prepared for me.

00:03:38 --> 00:03:45 That is the place where I will no longer have OCD or depression or anxiety.

00:03:46 --> 00:03:53 And when God says in the book of James that this life is a vapor, he's not kidding.

00:03:53 --> 00:03:57 It goes by so incredibly fast.

00:03:59 --> 00:04:03 So yes, there is a blessing in all of this.

00:04:03 --> 00:04:16 It's the impetus or catalyst for doing all I can to make heaven my home by the grace and mercy of God who paid with the blood of His Son to redeem me.

00:04:18 --> 00:04:23 Our meme for today says, The human experience comes with sorrow and pain.

00:04:24 --> 00:04:31 However, we can use that to motivate us to strive for the ultimate prize of a heavenly home.

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