Sometimes, we go through pain that feels confusing, and it’s hard to understand why we have to face it in the first place. Every time we feel this way, we’re reminded that God can still work through our suffering and turn it into something meaningful. Say this prayer with me.

Dear God,

Help me see the beauty in this season of suffering, and please use me as a vessel to spread more love, light and positivity into this world. While I am hurting and feel discouraged, I trust that this part of my life will someday become my greatest testimony, and that I am experiencing this pain not because I deserve it, but because you have chosen me to be the one who can transmute it into something that will eventually impact others.

I know you have a higher purpose in all of this, and that one day it will all make sense as to why I had to experience this hardship. But as I continue to struggle during these difficult times, please don’t let my heart grow hard. Help me do good, prevent me from becoming bitter, and guide me into serving others. I know that my faithful response to this suffering is how I honor you. I trust that you will bring me through this pain, and I will look back with gratitude knowing that all of it was unfolding according to your perfect plan.

Amen.