God Works Pain Out For Our Good

I've just read a moving account of a person's experience with sexual abuse when she was a child. I could still feel the pain, hurt and confusion that she felt as a child - and still feels even today. Thank God that she knows Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and because of that special, comforting relationship with the One who can permanently heal her, she indeed is being healed.
But she said something that made me think. She said that she has been defined by the experience, not in spite of it. This experience has added wonderful qualities to her that she felt might not have been there without it.  I think that ALL BAD things that are done to us - or that we do to others, define us in one way or the other. If we deal with these issues - like the lady whose testimony I read, God can use what Satan meant for evil and turn it around for our good. But if we leave the painful event or thing to fester in our hearts like a abscessed tooth in a person's mouth, we may find that in the end it would damage us and we will defeat the 'good purpose' that God has in store for us.

So, fear not! Arise, and lets deal with the 'dark shadows' that define us - for good or for ill. I recommend Jesus Christ as the starting point of the perfect solution. Just ask Him to be your Savior today and the healing process can begin. 

'We know that in everything God works for the good of them who love hHm. They were the people He called because that was His plan." Romans 8:28 (New Century Version)