"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much."
- Mother Teresa

Every day, I feel like this. And my H always told me, and still does tell me, that "I am stronger than I look". God, I hate when he says that!

Everyday .....

You know this may be controversial statement, but I don't believe that. I believe that God doesn't give me anything He can't handle.

If He only gave me what I could handle, it wouldn't be much at all. It also wouldn't give me any reason to put my trust Him.

Because He wants me to lean on Him., depend on Him, I have to be faced with more than I can handle.

Move,

After reading your post, I see how much sense that makes.

Very well said .....

moveforward -

I think you hit the nail on the head. I know in my situation, God allowed so much to happen so quickly that I was literally forced to choose - Him or the world.

I hate what I'm going through, and what my wife is going through, but I also know that without what has happened, I would still be sitting on the fence trying to be a Christian and live in the world at the same time. I can tell everyone here - that doesn't work.

Hopeful4future -

The verse in my sig line has given me a lot of hope, comfort and inspiration. God has shown me, over the last few weeks, that the word's His Son spoke are 100% true. I do not know your situation (beyond what you have in your bio), but I hope you can draw some comfort from John 15:7.

God can do anything - nothing is impossible for Him (Luke 1:37). I know it's hard, but trust fully in God and He will take care of you.

How do you know how much you can handle? Maybe He is trying to see how resourceful you can be by getting help from others. He doesn't expect you to handle everything handed to you by yourself. Noah didn't build the ark alone but the task was given to him.

I think He looks at you and believes you are stronger than you imagine.

I have felt this way...but what God has taught me is that He will never give more than I can handle "with his help"...without His help, I am powerless and defeated.

I agree! And I also don't know if we're meant so much to "handle" things as we are to use them for our growth and learning. And if there's an accelerated course, this is it! Eek! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

He is right. We are stronger than we imagine.

Freewill and choice. We say the WW spouse has all these things and chooses to continue the betrayal. We also have freewill. We can choose to accept it or choose to do the right thing.

Not the easy thing, the right thing.



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I love that!

Yes asolutely! Right after Dday I was at the Docs for anxiety meds so I could hop a flight (dreadful fear of flying). Anyhow, I was a wreck and spilled my guts. She took my hand and told me "You are strong, you can handle this." I said "I know but I'm just really tired of personal growth right now."