I am ANGRY…

I am frustrated…

I am lonely…

I am sad…

I am conflicted…

I am peeved…

And then we read this verse tonight in our small group: 

…though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.  These have come so that your faith – of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire – may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.  1 Peter 1:6-7

Words that couldn’t have come at a better time!

Through my broken self – through my discouragement – may I be drawn closer to Him; and may my faith be proved genuine. 

This I will hold on too.

This will I pray.