pleasant surprise

isaiah 38:17 surely it was for my benefit that i suffered such anguish. in your love you kept me from the pit of destruction; you have put all my sins behind your back.

who can even do that? we can all forgive, but seriously - for such horrendous sins, like the ones we commit everyday - who can forget? i think i can remember everytime someone has really,
truly hurt me.

and how many of us have really, truly, hurt the Lord, and he has forgiven us, and forgotten anything was done?

don't even try to tell me that's not cool. 'cause it is.

and i'm finding that it was for just that - my benefit - that i've ever suffered any anguish.

faith-shaking, feeling-shattering, and pain-circulating events in my life have all caused the maturity, and recently the wholeness of my somewhat unbalanced existence.

i'm also finding that some pretty sweet stuff can happen when i'm in his love.

i think i'd like to keep finding that. what a pleasant surprise.