6 I am sure of this, that he who started a good work in you[a] will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. (Philippians 1:6 CSB)

Everything that God allows in our lives is meant to shape us.

Thomas Merton said it this way,”Every moment and every event of every man’s life on earth plants something in his soul.”

As God carries out His good work within us we art to apply it to our every day lives. Leveraging everything He teaches us through both good and bad events to aid in our grow and our ministry to others.

If you have a difficult background, I am fully convinced that God can use that in others lives. Nothing in our lives is wasted, absolutely nothing.

Every day should move us closer to God and produce more fruit for Him to use in both our lives and others.