This was the thought that came to me as I was asking God for relief of my driving anxiety: ‘it’s going to get worse before it gets better’.
What kind of response is that? That’s definitely not what I wanted to hear.
Have you ever been in a situation and you’re crying out for help, and it only seems to be getting worse?
I reshared a post on my Facebook page recently. It was a made up conversation with someone and God.
The person was complaining that different parts of them were falling away. Things they had held dear and some of the things that might have even defined them. This process is uncomfortable, to say the least – and sometimes downright difficult.
God’s response to the person was that they were not falling apart, but instead, things were falling into place.
With each piece that fell away, something more beautiful and meaningful could be used to rebuild. Sometimes it feels as if the situation might even be going from bad to worse.
After several months of driving with my new glasses. I hear this phrase repeated fairly often in my mind ‘it’s going to get worse before it gets better’.
The realization that now comes to mind, is that if it had not gotten worse, I would not have sought help again. I had stopped looking for solutions and just thought it was something I had to live with. Had it not gotten worse, I would not have gone to my trusty friend GOOGLE, to see that it’s potentially a vision issue causing my anxiety. Then was able to see a different professional to help me.
Now, I can thank God that it got worse, so it could get better.
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you that you can see the beginning from the end. Thank you that sometimes in order to make a situation better, it has to get worse. Father, help us to believe that you can do all things, and some of these situations are for our ultimate good.
